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WEB SAFE COLOUR [1 record]

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Record 1 2013-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

All GoC [Government of Canada] intranet/extranet sites must use only the standard 216 Web-safe colours for Web site elements, including menu bars and navigational aids, typography and background, and for simple graphic components.

OBS

web-safe colour; web safe colour: The Translation Bureau recommends in its revised 2013 Linguistic Recommendation that “web” not be capitalized when it is part of a compound, whether the compound is written as two words or one, with or without a hyphen.

OBS

Web-safe colour: term used at the Treasury Board Secretariat.

Key term(s)
  • web-safe color

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

Tous les sites intranet et extranet du GC [gouvernement du Canada] ne doivent utiliser que les 216 couleurs recommandées pour le Web pour les éléments des sites, y compris les barres de menus et les aides à la navigation, la typographie et les images de fond ainsi que les éléments graphiques simples.

OBS

couleur recommandée pour le Web; couleur adaptée au Web : Le Bureau de la traduction préconise dans sa Recommandation linguistique révisée en 2013 la majuscule initiale lorsque «Web» est employé seul, en tant que nom.

OBS

couleur recommandée pour le Web : terme en usage au Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor.

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