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 |