Mozilla colors

I'm using Mozilla 1.7.12 and have a question about colors
which do not seem to be correct. In the web page which
I am developing I have used tables to create a border
effect around objects. Within the table code I have :
bordercolor="saddlebrown" bordercolorlight="rosybrown"
This looks great against my chosen background in both
HTMLpad 2006 (my HTML editor program) and also in IE 1.6
the colors are displayed the same.
But under Mozilla or Firefox they are changed.
The rosybrown is no longer rosy but a light tan.
The saddlebrown is almost black.
Would specifying the color by number make any diff ?
I suspect not. I can't find any option to tell
Mozilla to stop that and use the colors defined.
What can a guy do now ????? Trefor

Could it be that Mozilla and Firefox are interpreting them as best they can
since there are only sixteen predefined colours in HTML ?
It might be a good idea to try specifying the colour by the hexadecimal
number instead as this would give the browser a more accurate description of
the colour you want.


"Trefor" <trefor (AT) att (DOT) net> wrote

I'm using Mozilla 1.7.12 and have a question about colors
which do not seem to be correct. In the web page which
I am developing I have used tables to create a border
effect around objects. Within the table code I have :
bordercolor="saddlebrown" bordercolorlight="rosybrown"
This looks great against my chosen background in both
HTMLpad 2006 (my HTML editor program) and also in IE 1.6
the colors are displayed the same.
But under Mozilla or Firefox they are changed.
The rosybrown is no longer rosy but a light tan.
The saddlebrown is almost black.
Would specifying the color by number make any diff ?
I suspect not. I can't find any option to tell
Mozilla to stop that and use the colors defined.
What can a guy do now ????? Trefor