Busy — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:02:12 +0000

the # before the letters/numbers means rgb, so #000000 is the correct way to do it.

Web safe is using within the 256 colour scope, which is meant to be 100% universal on all browsers and all platforms.
Using the color names can be done but not all are supported, I often use the black and white instead of #000000 and #ffffff but keep away from the others as I founf some time back Mac's had issues with names.

With CSS the 6 digit/number rgb combination can be shortened to 3, #000000 can become #000, but if you get a color like #ffcc00, shortening it can be tricky as #fc0 wont give you want you want.

Just a note, the 0 in rgb is always the number 0, not the letter O

j4k3 — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 05:12:04 +0000

do you mean like
font color="red"'
vs
font color="#000000"'
?