There are many ways of representing color values. Probably the most popular in computer graphics is to assign a numeric value to each of three different colors of light which can be displayed by a traditional cathode ray tube such as that of a standard color television. These values for red, green, and blue can also be expressed in several different ways but always represent a level of intensity within the range from none of that color component to the highest brightness available for it.
The RWX Color command uses a floating-point decimal range from 0 to 1 for each component, and action commands used by Active Worlds builders expect either a pre-defined color name or a string of six characters made up of a two digit integer hexadecimal number in the range from 00 to FF for each of the three components. You may also find while setting colors within various dialog boxes that an integer decimal range from 0 to 255 is often used. The first table on this page lists the pre-defined colors that can be used with some of the action commands along with conversions to the three types of RGB representations just mentioned.
Color Name
= RWX
Decimal Integer
Hexadecimal
aquamarine
# .439 .858 .576
red=112 green=219 blue=147
70DB93
black
# 0 0 0
red=0 green=0 blue=0
000000
blue
# 0 0 1
red=0 green=0 blue=255
0000FF
brass
# .709 .65 .258
red=181 green=166 blue=66
B5A642
bronze
# .549 .47 .325
red=140 green=120 blue=83
8C7853
brown
# .65 .164 .164
red=166 green=42 blue=42
A62A2A
copper
# .72 .45 .2
red=184 green=115 blue=51
B87333
cyan
# 0 1 1
red=0 green=255 blue=255
00FFFF
darkgrey
# .188 .188 .188
red=48 green=48 blue=48
303030
forestgreen
# .137 .556 .137
red=35 green=142 blue=35
238E23
gold
# .803 .498 .196
red=205 green=127 blue=50
CD7F32
green
# 0 1 0
red=0 green=255 blue=0
00FF00
grey
# .439 .439 .439
red=112 green=112 blue=112
707070
lightgrey
# .75 .75 .75
red=192 green=192 blue=192
C0C0C0
magenta
# 1 0 1
red=255 green=0 blue=255
FF00FF
maroon
# .556 .137 .419
red=142 green=35 blue=107
8E236B
navyblue
# .137 .137 .556
red=35 green=35 blue=142
23238E
orange
# 1 .498 0
red=255 green=127 blue=0
FF7F00
orangered
# 1 .14 0
red=255 green=36 blue=0
FF2400
orchid
# .858 .439 .858
red=219 green=112 blue=219
DB70DB
pink
# 1 .43 .78
red=255 green=110 blue=199
FF6EC7
red
# 1 0 0
red=255 green=0 blue=0
FF0000
salmon
# .435 .258 .258
red=111 green=66 blue=66
6F4242
scarlet
# .549 .09 .09
red=140 green=23 blue=23
8C1717
silver
# .9 .909 .98
red=230 green=232 blue=250
E6E8FA
skyblue
# .196 .6 .8
red=50 green=153 blue=204
3299CC
tan
# .858 .576 .439
red=219 green=147 blue=112
DB9370
teal
# 0 .439 .439
red=0 green=112 blue=112
007070
turquoise
# .678 .917 .917
red=173 green=234 blue=234
ADEAEA
violet
# .309 .184 .309
red=79 green=47 blue=79
4F2F4F
white
# 1 1 1
red=255 green=255 blue=255
FFFFFF
yellow
# 1 1 0
red=255 green=255 blue=0
FFFF00
Click the # link on any of the color samples to find more colors of the same hue.
Numeric conversion
For those who find hexadecimal numbers less than intuitive, the following two tables are provided. One table lists exact integer conversions from a range of decimal numbers to their hexadecimal equivalents. The other table lists conversions from a range of hexadecimal values to approximate floating-point decimal equivalents based on the division of the integer by the decimal value 255.
Here is the decimal to hexadecimal conversion chart.
Range
Hexadecimal Conversion
0 - 15
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F16 - 31
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E 1F32 - 47
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2A 2B 2C 2D 2E 2F48 - 63
30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F64 - 79
40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 4A 4B 4C 4D 4E 4F80 - 95
50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 5A 5B 5C 5D 5E 5F96 - 111
60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 6A 6B 6C 6D 6E 6F112 - 127
70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 7A 7B 7C 7D 7E 7F128 - 143
80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 8A 8B 8C 8D 8E 8F144 - 159
90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 9A 9B 9C 9D 9E 9F160 - 175
A0 A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 AA AB AC AD AE AF176 - 191
B0 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 BA BB BC BD BE BF192 - 207
C0 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 CA CB CC CD CE CF208 - 223
D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9 DA DB DC DD DE DF224 - 239
E0 E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E8 E9 EA EB EC ED EE EF240 - 255
F0 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 FA FB FC FD FE FFHere is the hexadecimal to floating-point conversion chart based on dividing the integer value by decimal 255. Values listed in this chart are rounded leaving enough precision to represent a clear distinction between values for efficient use with the RWX Color command.
Range
Floating-Point Decimal Conversion
00-070 .003 .007 .01 .015 .019 .02 .027
08-0F.03 .035 .039 .04 .047 .05 .054 .058
10-17.06 .066 .07 .074 .078 .08 .086 .09
18-1F.094 .098 .1 .105 .109 .11 .117 .12
20-27.125 .129 .13 .137 .14 .145 .149 .15
28-2F.156 .16 .164 .168 .17 .176 .18 .184
30-37.188 .19 .196 .2 .203 .207 .21 .215
38-3F.219 .22 .227 .23 .235 .239 .24 .247
40-47.25 .254 .258 .26 .266 .27 .274 .278
48-4F.28 .286 .29 .294 .298 .3 .305 .309
50-57.31 .317 .32 .325 .329 .33 .337 .34
58-5F.345 .349 .35 .356 .36 .364 .368 .37
60-67.376 .38 .384 .388 .39 .396 .4 .403
68-6F.407 .41 .415 .419 .42 .427 .43 .435
70-77.439 .44 .447 .45 .454 .458 .46 .466
78-7F.47 .474 .478 .48 .486 .49 .494 .498
80-87.5 .505 .509 .51 .517 .52 .525 .529
88-8F.53 .537 .54 .545 .549 .55 .556 .56
90-97.564 .568 .57 .576 .58 .584 .588 .59
98-9F.596 .6 .603 .607 .61 .615 .619 .62
A0-A7.627 .63 .635 .639 .64 .647 .65 .654
A8-AF.658 .66 .666 .67 .674 .678 .68 .686
B0-B7.69 .694 .698 .7 .705 .709 .71 .717
B8-BF.72 .725 .729 .73 .737 .74 .745 .749
C0-C7.75 .756 .76 .764 .768 .77 .776 .78
C8-CF.784 .788 .79 .796 .8 .803 .807 .81
D0-D7.815 .819 .82 .827 .83 .835 .839 .84
D8-DF.847 .85 .854 .858 .86 .866 .87 .874
E0-E7.878 .88 .886 .89 .894 .898 .9 .905
E8-EF.909 .91 .917 .92 .925 .929 .93 .937
F0-F7.94 .945 .949 .95 .956 .96 .964 .968
F8-FF.97 .976 .98 .984 .988 .99 .996 1
You may notice that the hexadecimal representation is much more concise, which is exactly what makes it so popular.