Web Skin Color Definitions

The color palette directory path is a relative path that points to a common directory that typically contains a 1 pixel by 1 pixel of a specific color. The name of the color pixel image should be the hex value of that color. These pixel images can be used in application interfaces and/or reports to serve as a printable delimiter. Although each web skin can have a unique color palette path, this path should be the same for all web skins within your web skin inventory.

XBoost allows designers to specify 8 colors that can be used to reference within an application. These are called the Standard Colors. An application can inherit a look and feel that is consistent within the web skin assigned to a particular function provided a programmer references these colors found within the request scope.

The eight colors are referenced as:

Figure1: Color List

1. Standard Foreground Color

2. Background Color

3. Primary Color 1

4. Primary Color 2

5. Primary Color 3

6. Secondary Color 1

7. Secondary Color 2

8. Secondary Color 3

Although the standard color set is limited to eight colors, it should be understood that a web skin can reference more than eight colors through the use of images and style sheets. The use of these colors is commonly used to programmatically reference a color within your applications logic.

For example:

1. Dynamically referencing a hex named 1 X 1 pixel image found in the Color Palette Directory

2. Append the appropriate file extension of the image.