MS Word color help

[Tom Schindler]

Theresa is making our wedding invitations. Our color for the wedding is hunter green. I was able to find the RGB code for hunter green. It is rgb=#215E21. How do I convert that to the MS Word hunter green color. I want this to match as close as possible.



We are printing it out on an Okidata Laser Color Printer so the print looks awesome in the first place. The money we will save on the purchase of the invitations will pay for the printer.



Any clues?





Tom

 

[Thomas Rogers]

Caymen,



Within MSWord, with some text selected:



- Right click on "Font"

- Then click on the "Font color:" dropdown

- Then select "More Colors..." at the bottom

- In the "Colors" dialog click on the "Custom" tab

- Enter the following in Red, Green and Blue inputs respectively: 33, 94, 33

- Click the OK button to dismiss the dialog...



Is that your color?



P.S. I have MSWord 2000...your version may be a little different as far as the instructions go.



TJR

 

[Travis Munday]

I don't have Word, but how do you select color? Are you given the option of 0-255 for the Red, Blue, and Green channels?

 

[Tom Schindler]

Travis, yes each color has a value of 0 to 255. The combination of each number dictates the color you are looking for. I am guessing the 215E21 is actually a hexidecimal number. At one time, I knew them when I was thinking of going for me A+ cert or posssibly going into something else computer related.





Tom

 

[Tom Schindler]

PS, thanks TJR. It looks perfect on the monitor, but a little odd on paper. Looks almost black.





Tom

 

[Thomas Rogers]

Caymen, 215E21 are actually the three hex numbers 0x21, 0x5E and 0x21, one each for Red, Green and Blue respectively. That's why I gave you their decimal equivs of 33, 94 and 33 in my post.



(I just saw your response Caymen so updating below):



You might need to tweak with the colors a few times, Caymen, printing them as you go...or find a green color pallette and try to print it on your printer...



TJR

 

[Tom Schindler]

I am at my house right now. When Theresa first printed the code you gave me, she told me it looked black. I told her to print the same text one in back and the other in the code you gave me. She said the green looks green and not black at all.



I knew the RGB code I gave you were hex numbers. I just couldn't remember how to read those codes. Thanks a bunch. She is going to compare the green she wanted to use with the RGB you gave me under my "True Color" light bulb I use for my Cross Stitching I like to do during the winter.





Tom

 

[Travis Munday]

Working in Pantone is really the way to go. It's a standardized color palette for use across mediums, or when printing a specific color is needed. I'd suggest finding the color on <a href="http://jksalescompany.com/ken/pantone_to_rgb.html" target="top">this list</a> that most matches your color (the given HEX isn't a match) and use the RGB values given for that color. It should eliminate discrepencies between programs in rendering colors. And, of course, if you ever need anything professionally done, you have a Pantone code to give them for an exact match.

 

[Thomas Rogers]

You're welcome Tom.



Oh, and if you really need to tweak the color for a more closer match, listen to Tiger, above.



TJR