Web Design with HTML and CSS

Using the color table

Lesson 5, Graphics, Color, and Transparency 97

Using the color table

By selecting GIF 64 No Dither, you have indicated that you want to use 64 colors in your
optimized image. Note that the color table in the optimization section displays a table of
these indexed colors.

Use the color table to keep the most important
colors in your image.

You can delete, change, or lock the colors in this table to preserve the look of your image.
In this section, you will learn to lock critical colors to make sure important colors are not
deleted when you reduce the number of colors in the table.

1 With the image still open in the Save for Web & Devices window, select the Eyedropper
tool ( )and click the orange color surrounding the text in the optimized GIF preview
of the image. The Eyedropper samples the color and selects that color in the color table
to the right. This tool is useful when you need to ensure that a specifi c color appears as
close as possible to the print color. For example, the logo for this exercise might be for
a company where the branding department wants to ensure the specifi c orange used
appears as close as possible to the print color (PMS 173 for this example).

Using the Eyedropper tool to select a color from the optimized image.

The Pantone Color Matching System (PMS) is a standardized color reproduction system used

mostly in print, but whose colors can also be used online. By standardizing colors, corporations can

ensure their colors stay as consistent as possible regardless of where the colors are reproduced.