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Double Hexagon, HTML Hexadecimal Color Palette

The double hexagon color palette allows the eye to see hue transitions with greater ease then hexadecimal number palettes that use simple tables.

FF00FF
CC00FF
9900FF
6600FF
3300FF
0000FF
FF00CC
FF33FF
CC33FF
9933FF
6633FF
3333FF
0033FF
FF0099
FF33CC
FF66FF
CC66FF
9966FF
6666FF
3366FF
0066FF
FF0066
FF3399
FF66CC
FF99FF
CC99FF
9999FF
6699FF
3399FF
0099FF
FF0033
FF3366
FF6699
FF99CC
FFCCFF
CCCCFF
99CCFF
66CCFF
33CCFF
00CCFF
FF0000
FF3333
FF6666
FF9999
FFCCCC
FFFFFF
CCFFFF
99FFFF
66FFFF
33FFFF
00FFFF
FF3300
FF6633
FF9966
FFCC99
FFFFCC
CCFFCC
99FFCC
66FFCC
33FFCC
00FFCC
FF6600
FF9933
FFCC66
FFFF99
CCFF99
99FF99
66FF99
33FF99
00FF99
FF9900
FFCC33
FFFF66
CCFF66
99FF66
66FF66
33FF66
00FF66
FFCC00
FFFF33
CCFF33
99FF33
66FF33
33FF33
00FF33
FFFF00
CCFF00
99FF00
66FF00
33FF00
00FF00
FFCC00
CCCC00
99CC00
66CC00
33CC00
00CC00
00FF33
FF9900
CC9900
999900
669900
339900
009900
00CC33
00FF66
FF6600
CC6600
996600
666600
336600
006600
009933
00CC66
00FF99
FF3300
CC3300
993300
663300
333300
003300
006633
009966
00CC99
00FFCC
FF0000
CC0000
990000
660000
330000
000000
003333
006666
009999
00CCCC
00FFFF
FF0033
CC0033
990033
660033
330033
000033
003366
006699
0099CC
00CCFF
FF0066
CC0066
990066
660066
330066
000066
003399
0066CC
0099FF
FF0099
CC0099
990099
660099
330099
000099
0033CC
0066FF
FF00CC
CC00CC
9900CC
6600CC
3300CC
0000CC
0033FF
FF00FF
CC00FF
9900FF
6600FF
3300FF
0000FF

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The palette uses an abbreviated hexadecimal number sequence, hex code, to create different hex triplet hues by combining red "R", green "G" and blue "B" bytes: RRGGBB

Each color's hex code and hue are displayed inside an html table cell.

The palette consists of two hexagons joined along a common yellow-green axis. The key colors, using only the hex numbers FF and 00, are underlined in the palette and are located at the corners of each hexagon, they are:

FF0000 _Red
FFFF00 _Yellow
00FF00 _Green (Lime)
00FFFF _Cyan (Turquoise, Aqua)
0000FF _Blue
FF00FF _Violet (Magenta, Fuchsia, Purple)

A secondary main sequence of colors is the outer ring of colors, which loop around the 2 hexagon tables transitioning between the Key colors. The outer ring of colors in each hexagon mirror each other.

In the left hexagon, the outer ring of colors transition inwards towards white (hex number FFFFFF) at the center, while in the right hexagon, the same ring of colors transition towards black (hex number 000000). The outer rings contain the most vivid colors, that is, those hues with the minimum amount of either black or white.

Imagine the two hexagons as gears, the outer rings as teeth, the black and white centers as hubs; as the gears turn the matching pairs of outer ring colors mesh and merge.

The sampling of 216 colors shown on the palette were once known as web safe colors, each color is a combination three, two digit hex numbers: 00, 33, 66, 99, CC and FF. All possible combinations of these 216 six-digit, three-byte hexadecimal numbers (hex triplets) are displayed in the cells, adjacent cells having the next higher or lower sequential hex number.

Hexadecimal notation or base 16, uses the standard base 10 digits; 0 through 9 as well as using the letters A through F as digits too. Think of this as being born with 16 fingers instead of 10 and having a need to give each finger it's own symbol.
 
 
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The advantage of hex numbers is that with combinations of 2 digits, 256 numbers can be created in hexadecimal notation (00 to FF), compared to only 100 numbers in base 10 (00 to 99). Thus a complete hex palette would consist of over sixteen million colors, exactly 16,777,216! Creating a palette of this size would not only be a daunting task but would also be difficult to fit on a single web page. And at this scale, many of the hues would not be distinguishable to the eye from the hue next to it.

The palette can aid computer artists in creating colors to their liking by adding or subtracting hex values between hues. By saving this web page to your pc, copies of the hexagon palette can be easily modified.

 Key colors converted to grayscale
FF0000 FFFF00 00FF00 00FFFF 0000FF FF00FF
4C4C4C E6E6E6 999999 B3B3B3 191919 666666
 Key colors converted to grayscale, arranged from dark to light
0000FF FF0000 FF00FF 00FF00 00FFFF FFFF00
191919 4C4C4C 666666 999999 B3B3B3 E6E6E6
 Grayscale hex triplets, black to white
000000 333333 666666 999999 CCCCCC FFFFFF

While the double hexagon palette colors are all mathematically equidistant hex values, certain color sequences appear to show a greater change or jump from some hues to the next hue then others.

The right hexagon, which centers on black, appears to "jump hues" at greater intervals than the left hexagon. This is most apparent with the mid-spectrum colors; green and yellow, the eye can easily distinguish these hue variations which are in the middle of the visible color spectrum ranging from red to violet.

Big jumps also appear to occur in the left hexagon around the key colors; yellow, cyan and violet. These "bright colors" have four F's and two 0's in their hex codes and so are closer to white than the surrounding hues. Conversely the key colors red, blue and green, have two F's and four 0's; closer to black than white, and show smaller jumps.

However, these are not hard and fast rules, for example, when all the key colors are converted to a gray scale, green is still brighter than violet.

Printing the double hexagon palette will result in a unique appearance, since printers and computer monitors handle colors differently.

For further info see this wikipedia article for an explanation of the hexadecimal number system in relation to html color schemes.
 
 
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