Give this color a try: #B34066 I took your red and added a white layer with 25% opacity over it. I got that color by using the PhotoShop dropper tool. The blue resulted in #40408C.
I hope this helps. Russel > I have two corporate standard colors: #990033{red} and #000066{blue}. > How can I "lighten" these colors while keeping the same hue? In > painting terms how do I adjust the hex values to add white? > > Forgive my limited and possible incorrect understanding of color terms > and concepts. I believe I want different saturations and/or > luminocities of these colors or something like that? I have used > several tool that allow me to mix hex values in any way, but none of > them seem to allow me to take a color and create different shades of > it without changing the hue. Or at least I don't understand the color > concepts enough to get this out of these tools. > > PS: Now that could be a cool color tool for us non-color developers. > Some kind of GUI tool that can mix colors like one would mix paints! > > > -------------- > Ian Skinner > Web Programmer > BloodSource > www.BloodSource.org > Sacramento, CA > > "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" > - Cynthia Dunning > > Confidentiality Notice: This message including any > attachments is for the sole use of the intended > recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged > information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the > intended recipient, please contact the sender and > delete any copies of this message. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:162683 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54