Using Pixie with Dreamweaver

Monster Dave · May 20, 2009, 10:36:18 AM

Hey guys,

I'm working on our website and am using PIXIE to help me color match. The trouble that I'm having is getting the correct color format to use in Dreamweaver.

I just cant seem to figure out how to take the HEX code and put it into Dreamweaver and have the color function. Do you even use the HEX code or do you use the RGB code??

Any ideas? Thanks!

derby · May 20, 2009, 11:23:01 AM

http://www.drpeterjones.com/colorcalc/

Monster Dave · May 20, 2009, 11:52:50 AM

Quote from: derby on May 20, 2009, 11:23:01 AM
http://www.drpeterjones.com/colorcalc/

um...that didn't really tell me much.

Pixie gives me a HEX line code of : 0xAF9F70

But that's not a valid hex code....

Slide Panda · May 20, 2009, 01:08:47 PM

Just chop off the 0x

color:#af9f70 - which is a warm orangey grey color

derby · May 20, 2009, 01:40:55 PM

Quote from: yuu on May 20, 2009, 01:08:47 PM
Just chop off the 0x

color:#af9f70 - which is a warm orangey grey color

yup... which is RGB 175 159 112

Monster Dave · May 20, 2009, 02:09:01 PM

Quote from: yuu on May 20, 2009, 01:08:47 PM
Just chop off the 0x

color:#af9f70 - which is a warm orangey grey color

Ok, that worked BUT now there's a new problem. On the page, the color that is giving me that code is a light blue almost a green, but it shows up like you said as a light orange/grey color.....

Ok, so here's the deal and I think that I figured it out. It looks like the hex code that Pixie was giving me was incorrect. I used photoshops' color selector to put in the RGB code that pixie gave me and it gave me an accurate and perfect color code that I was looking for. Thanks everyone for your help!

Slide Panda · May 20, 2009, 06:00:00 PM

So if you've got Photoshop - why did you bother with Pixie (I've never tried it BTW). What's it do that so special?

Monster Dave · May 21, 2009, 08:09:34 AM

Quote from: yuu on May 20, 2009, 06:00:00 PM
So if you've got Photoshop - why did you bother with Pixie (I've never tried it BTW). What's it do that so special?

Pixie allows for you to get a hex and RGB color code for any location on any active window that you have opened. I just used Photoshop to verify the hex code accuracy.

Slide Panda · May 21, 2009, 08:24:11 AM

Except it gives you the wrong info

If I need to snag a color, I'll usually just screen gab and open that in photochop...

Monster Dave · May 21, 2009, 09:22:38 AM

Quote from: yuu on May 21, 2009, 08:24:11 AM
Except it gives you the wrong info

That part was a bit odd. The HEX code was not right, but the RGB code was. Could have just bin a fluke I suppose.

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