Throughout XlsxWriter colors are specified using a Html style #RRGGBB
value. For example with a Format object:
cell_format.set_font_color('#FF0000')
For backward compatibility a limited number of color names are supported:
cell_format.set_font_color('red')
The color names and corresponding #RRGGBB
value are shown below:
Color name | RGB color code |
---|---|
black | #000000 |
blue | #0000FF |
brown | #800000 |
cyan | #00FFFF |
gray | #808080 |
green | #008000 |
lime | #00FF00 |
magenta | #FF00FF |
navy | #000080 |
orange | #FF6600 |
pink | #FF00FF |
purple | #800080 |
red | #FF0000 |
silver | #C0C0C0 |
white | #FFFFFF |
yellow | #FFFF00 |