Microsoft® Access® 2010 Inside Out

Chapter 32. Article 5 Color Names and Codes

When you’re setting color properties in a form or report in Design or Layout view of Microsoft Access 2010, you normally enter a hexadecimal value that represents the red, green, and blue (RGB) color value. You can also generate these values by clicking the Build (...) button next to any color property. When working with controls, you can select colors from the same palette using the Font Color or Fill/Back Color commands on the Format contextual tab in the Font group on the ribbon. When you rest your mouse pointer on one of the color selections, Access 2010 shows you a color name, but you cannot type the name directly into a color property. The following table lists the color names found in Standard ...