Re: Defining a color variable

Urban wrote:

I'd write the CSS file so that each colour combination
only occurs once and put non-colour properties in another
section of the file.

Do you mean:

/*color properties for theme */
h1, h2 { color: #b60600;}
..box { background: #b60600;}
#logo {border: #b60600;}

and then have the other properties for h1, h2, .box, #logo, etc. in
separate declarations?

Hmm. That's longer than the other suggestions, but easier to follow. It
makes particular sense in this case because the client really has a
two-color theme, where some visually important elements are rust
(above) and others are dark green -- but they could change to purple and
lime at any moment.

Mary Ellen
Doctor Science, MA

In article <BzaWa.905$5x.82451504 (AT) news (DOT) netcarrier.net>,
Mary Ellen Curtin <mecurtin (AT) NOalumni (DOT) SPAMprinceton.HEREedu> wrote:

Do you mean:

/*color properties for theme */
h1, h2 { color: #b60600;}
.box { background: #b60600;}
#logo {border: #b60600;}

and then have the other properties for h1, h2, .box, #logo, etc. in
separate declarations?

Pretty much, yes.
I'd do
h1, h2, .box { color: #b60600; background: #e0e050; }
#logo {color: green; background: yellow; }
and so on, so that every colour combination is only
in one place instead of repeating for example rust.
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