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Hue. Saturation. Lightness. Alpha.

<p>The second most common way to describe color on digital devices are based on three controllers: hue, saturation and lightness. RGB colors have a few limitations mainly that there hardware oriented based on 16 million color assumption and its harder to use %u2013 easy to understand but really hard to figure out colors with this system. There are a few other color profilers out there but the second one that is supported that is very nattily logical is the HSL. HSL is far more intuitive making it easier to control colors in a human friendly way. </p> <h2>Keynotes:</h2> <ul> <li>When 16 Million is just not enough</li> <li>RGB is easy to understand but very hard to implement</li> <li>HSL harder to understand easier to integrate.</li> <li>Creating colors with a Hue, Saturation, Lightness and Alpha</li> <li>How many colors can we create with HSL?</li> </ul> <p><b>properties:</b> rgba, rgb, css3, colors</p>

Exploring the core color properties

In the following lectures we will get to know how color systems work and more importantly how to work with them.

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Understanding RGB

By the end of this lecture, you will know how to create color profiles in RGB.

09:59

Integrating an alpha channel

By the end of this lesson, you will know everything that is to know about RGB and RGBA colors.

08:06

Hue. Saturation. Lightness. Alpha.

By the end of this lesson, you will understand how hue, saturation, lightness and alpha channels work and you will know how to work with them.

11:27

Finding color profiles

By the end of this lesson you will be a lot more comfortable with colors as you figure out your own designs.

08:41

Working with the currentColor

By the end of this lecture you will know how to work with the currentColor keyword enabling you to create dynamic color assignments.

04:52

The transparent color

By the end of this lecture, you will know the transparent color and see it in action.

06:37

CSS2 System Colors

By the end of this lecture, you will know how to work with CSS2 color systems

02:52

Final words and Color Accessibility

By the end of this lecture the colors of your website will be accesible for the users with disabilities.

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