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This color chooser gadget is a handy little web developer tool that allows you to choose a color by either using the RGB slider controls or entering numbers to the text boxes. It also functions as a RGB-to-Hex or Hex-to-RGB color converter.

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  1. [...] I decided to create this Color Chooser gadget a couple days ago after updating the Tree Frog Google gadget. That update allows users to enter custom hex colors to color the parts of the tree frog. With the Color Chooser gadget, you can find just the color you are looking for by adjusting the red, green, and blue values with the slider controls or by entering numbers from 0-255 in the text boxes. When you see a color you like, copy the hex value from the HTML Notation text box and paste it into the Custom Color text boxes of the Tree Frog gadget or where ever else you may want to use it. [...]

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  2. [...] I added a few new features to the Color Chooser gadget. [...]

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  3. Raelin says:

    so cool. thanx

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  4. kristian says:

    1 question tho ….aren’t the three primary colors red, yellow, and blue not green. you cant even make orange

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  5. abowman says:

    Hi Kristian,
    These are the additive primary colors. You are referring to the subtractive primary colors. Here are some orange colors:
    255 165 0 ffa500 orange1
    238 154 0 ee9a00 orange2
    205 133 0 cd8500 orange3
    139 90 0 8b5a00 orange4
    255 127 0 ff7f00 DarkOrange1
    238 118 0 ee7600 DarkOrange2
    205 102 0 cd6600 DarkOrange3
    139 69 0 8b4500 DarkOrange4

  6. jamileena says:

    Zowie Color Master! You sure are tech-knowledgable about colors! I totally get why the above noter is confused, I was wondering where yellow was-but then found it in green! HA! I just have fun playing with the colors. Thanks for the toy!

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  7. hi says:

    what about yellow
    can you make it

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  8. hi says:

    sry found yellow ffffXX

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  9. hi says:

    xx is a variable

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  10. hai!! says:

    it didn’t work on my homepage (google) as in nothing happened. i was just moving the color blocks.could i get a tip?

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