HTML Web Design Tutorial #13

Changing Color Using the RGB Color Model

For this next lesson, we're going to take a break from building our page, so we can see a visual representation of how color is displayed on a computer monitor.

Most monitors nowadays can display over 16 million colors. All those different combinations are derived from only three base colors: red, green, and blue. This is where the term RGB comes from. It's an acronym for red, green, blue. The monitor displays a combination of one or more of those three colors at different intensities, in order to produce a particular color.

Knowing how the RGB color model works, will allow you to create colors other than the basic 16, which can be specified by name. You'll be able to choose from a wide variety of colors by numerically specifying the intensity of your red, green, and blue. To begin watching our RGB color demonstration, click on the play button below.

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