Using websafe colors

Websafe colors are colors that are common to both Macintosh and Windows platforms. These colors are not dithered when viewed in a web browser on a computer display set to 256 colors.

Fireworks has several methods of applying and using websafe colors.

To force all colors to be websafe colors:

• Select Web 216 from the Indexed Palette pop-up menu in the Optimize panel.

To create an adaptive palette that favors websafe colors:

• Select Web Adaptive from the Indexed Palette pop-up menu in the Optimize panel.

  Non-websafe colors that are close to websafe colors are converted to the closest websafe color.

To force a color to its closest websafe equivalent:

1. Select a color in the Optimize panel color table.
2. Click the Snap to Web Safe button.

   If you save a Fireworks PNG, changing colors to websafe in the Optimize panel affects only the exported version of the image, not the actual image.