ID: Q190104
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Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows ships with a table of predefined colors called the Genigraphics color palette. These colors are the ones most commonly used in PowerPoint. Like all colors in PowerPoint, they are represented internally by RGB (red, green, blue) values that can range from zero through 65,535.
Most other Windows-based applications represent RGB values as a range from zero through 255 or as a percentage. The following table provides the approximate conversion of the PowerPoint RGB values to the more standard representations. The table includes all the predefined Genigraphics colors as well as the standard VGA pure colors.
VGA WIN WIN WIN % % %
Colors Red Grn Blu Red Grn Blu
--------- --- --- --- ---- ---- ----
White 255 255 255 100% 100% 100%
Black 0 0 0 0% 0% 0%
Red 255 0 0 100% 0% 0%
Green 0 255 0 0% 100% 0%
Blue 0 0 255 0% 0% 100%
Cyan 0 255 255 0% 100% 100%
Magenta 255 0 255 100% 0% 100%
Yellow 255 255 0 100% 100% 0%
Dk Grey 127 127 127 50% 50% 50%
Lt Grey 191 191 191 75% 75% 75%
Dk Red 127 0 0 50% 0% 0%
Dk Green 0 127 0 0% 50% 0%
Dk Blue 0 0 127 0% 0% 50%
Teal 0 127 127 0% 50% 50%
Purple 127 0 127 50% 0% 50%
Tan 127 127 0 50% 50% 0%
Geni. WIN WIN WIN % % %
Colors Red Grn Blu Red Grn Blu
--------- --- --- --- ---- ---- ----
GY8 65 65 65 26% 26% 26%
GY7 218 218 218 85% 85% 85%
GY6 206 206 206 81% 81% 81%
GY5 145 145 145 57% 57% 57%
GY4 103 103 103 40% 40% 40%
GY3 71 71 71 28% 28% 28%
GY2 51 51 51 20% 20% 20%
GY1 35 35 35 14% 14% 14%
RD8 252 1 40 99% 0% 16%
RD7 255 197 207 100% 77% 81%
RD6 253 164 181 99% 64% 71%
RD5 247 102 129 97% 40% 50%
RD4 229 64 93 90% 25% 36%
RD3 207 14 48 81% 6% 19%
RD2 121 0 21 48% 0% 8%
RD1 63 0 11 25% 0% 4%
OR8 255 80 8 100% 32% 3%
OR7 252 209 193 99% 82% 76%
OR6 255 162 124 100% 64% 49%
OR5 245 123 73 96% 48% 29%
OR4 243 91 27 95% 36% 11%
OR3 188 55 0 74% 22% 0%
OR2 113 32 0 44% 13% 0%
OR1 62 20 3 24% 8% 1%
YO8 254 155 3 100% 61% 1%
YO7 253 227 186 99% 89% 73%
YO6 246 191 105 96% 75% 41%
YO5 239 145 0 94% 57% 0%
YO4 173 105 0 68% 41% 0%
YO3 113 68 0 44% 27% 0%
YO2 76 46 0 30% 18% 0%
YO1 55 32 0 22% 13% 0%
YW8 250 253 0 98% 99% 0%
YW7 252 254 185 99% 100% 72%
YW6 234 236 94 92% 92% 37%
YW5 179 185 0 70% 72% 0%
YW4 118 121 0 46% 48% 0%
YW3 78 79 0 31% 31% 0%
YW2 58 60 0 23% 24% 0%
YW1 40 41 0 16% 16% 0%
YG8 127 255 0 50% 100% 0%
YG7 219 255 184 86% 100% 72%
YG6 163 242 95 64% 95% 37%
YG5 96 201 0 38% 79% 0%
YG4 67 142 0 26% 56% 0%
YG3 49 101 1 19% 40% 0%
YG2 31 67 0 12% 26% 0%
YG1 24 52 0 10% 20% 0%
GN8 0 255 0 0% 100% 0%
GN7 200 254 200 78% 100% 78%
GN6 162 255 163 64% 100% 64%
GN5 81 220 0 32% 86% 0%
GN4 0 174 0 0% 68% 0%
GN3 3 124 3 1% 49% 1%
GN2 0 84 0 0% 33% 0%
GN1 0 62 0 0% 24% 0%
BG8 0 223 202 0% 87% 79%
BG7 192 254 249 75% 100% 98%
BG6 140 244 234 55% 96% 92%
BG5 0 183 165 0% 72% 65%
BG4 0 150 136 0% 59% 53%
BG3 0 107 97 0% 42% 38%
BG2 0 78 71 0% 31% 28%
BG1 0 53 48 0% 21% 19%
BU8 17 79 251 7% 31% 98%
BU7 193 206 255 76% 81% 100%
BU6 162 193 254 64% 76% 100%
BU5 97 143 253 38% 56% 99%
BU4 51 101 251 20% 40% 98%
BU3 6 61 232 2% 24% 91%
BU2 0 39 159 0% 16% 62%
BU1 8 29 88 3% 12% 34%
VT8 137 1 243 54% 0% 95%
VT7 227 190 255 89% 74% 100%
VT6 212 159 255 83% 62% 100%
VT5 183 96 249 72% 38% 98%
VT4 146 52 219 57% 20% 86%
VT3 123 0 228 48% 0% 89%
VT2 80 0 147 32% 0% 58%
VT1 40 0 73 16% 0% 29%
RV8 220 0 129 86% 0% 50%
RV7 253 192 229 99% 75% 90%
RV6 243 159 209 95% 62% 82%
RV5 249 90 183 98% 35% 72%
RV4 217 49 146 85% 19% 57%
RV3 181 0 105 71% 0% 41%
RV2 110 0 67 43% 0% 26%
RV1 60 0 35 24% 0% 14%
Keywords : kb3rdparty kbprint
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Hardware : x86
Issue type : kbinfoLast Reviewed: July 24, 1998