Multiple choice html

There are_____color names recognized by all version of HTML.

  1. 6

  2. 8

  3. 256

  4. 16

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

To solve this question, the user needs to know about the color names recognized by HTML.

HTML defines a set of 16 named colors that can be used in your web pages. These colors are based on the VGA color set, which was developed back when CRT monitors were popular. With the advent of modern displays, these colors may no longer be as relevant, but they are still recognized by all versions of HTML.

Therefore, the correct option is:

The Answer is: D. 16

AI explanation

HTML defines 16 standard named colors (the original CSS1/HTML color keyword set: black, white, red, green, blue, yellow, cyan, magenta, silver, gray, maroon, olive, purple, teal, navy, lime) that are guaranteed to be recognized across all browsers and HTML versions. Later CSS specifications expanded this to 140+ extended color names, and "256" refers to indexed/web-safe color palettes rather than named colors specifically. "6" and "8" are too small and don't correspond to any standard named-color set. So 16 is the historically correct count for the original universally-recognized HTML color names.