PPT: Equivalent Values for Genigraphics Colors: CMYK (86445)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 95
  • Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 2.0
  • Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 3.0
  • Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 4.0
  • Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 4.0a
  • Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows 4.0c
  • Microsoft PowerPoint for Macintosh 2.0
  • Microsoft PowerPoint for Macintosh 2.01
  • Microsoft PowerPoint for Macintosh 3.0
  • Microsoft PowerPoint for Macintosh 4.0
This article was previously published under Q86445

SUMMARY

Microsoft PowerPoint, versions 4.0 and earlier, include a table of predefined colors called the Genigraphics color palette. These colors are the ones most commonly used in PowerPoint. Like all colors in PowerPoint, they are represented internally by RGB (red, green, blue) values that can range from zero through 65,535.

Some applications represent their colors using CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) values. These values are typically represented as percentages. The following table provides the approximate conversion of the PowerPoint RGB values to the CMYK percentages. The table includes all the predefined Genigraphics colors as well as the standard VGA pure colors.

NOTE: PowerPoint 7.0 does not use the same color naming scheme as PowerPoint versions 4.0 and earlier do. In addition, PowerPoint 7.0 uses a scale of 0-255 instead of 0-65,535 for representing RGB values.

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PowerPoint 7.0

PowerPoint is abbreviated as PPT in the following tables. 
   VGA      PPT     PPT    PPT      %        %       %      %
   Colors   Red   Green   Blue   Cyan  Magenta  Yellow  Black
   ----------------------------------------------------------
   WT       256     256    256      0        0       0      0
   BK         0       0      0      0        0       0    100
   R        256       0      0      0      100     100      0
   G          0     256      0    100        0     100      0
   B          0       0    256    100      100       0      0
   C          0     256    256    100        0       0      0
   M        256       0    256      0      100       0      0
   Y        256     256      0      0        0     100      0
              0       0      0      0        0       0      0
   Dk Gray  128     128    128      0        0       0     50
   Lt Gray  192     192    192      0        0       0     25
   Dk Red   128       0      0      0       50      50     50
   Dk Green   0     128      0     50        0      50     50
   Dk Blue    0       0    128     50       50       0     50
   Teal       0     128    128     50        0       0     50
   Purple   128       0    128      0       50       0     50
   Tan      128     128      0      0        0      50     50

   Geni.    PPT     PPT    PPT      %        %       %      %
   Colors   Red   Green   Blue   Cyan  Magenta  Yellow  Black
   ----------------------------------------------------------
   GY8       66      66     66      0       0       0      74
   GY7      218     218    218      0       0       0      14
   GY6      207     207    207      0       0       0      19
   GY5      145     145    145      0       0       0      43
   GY4      103     103    103      0       0       0      59
   GY3       72      72     72      0       0       0      72
   GY2       51      51     51      0       0       0      80
   GY1       36      36     36      0       0       0      86

   RD8      253       1     41      0      98      83       1
   RD7      256     198    208      0      22      18       0
   RD6      254     165    181      0      34      28       0
   RD5      248     102    129      0      56      46       0
   RD4      229      65     93      0      64      53      10
   RD3      208      14     48      0      75      62      18
   RD2      122       0     22      0      47      39      52
   RD1       63       0     11      0      24      20      75

   OR8      256      81      8      0      68      96       0
   OR7      253     210    194      0      16      23       1
   OR6      256     163    125      0      36      51       0
   OR5      246     124     74      0      47      67       3
   OR4      244      91     28      0      59      84       4
   OR3      188      55      0      0      52      73      26
   OR2      114      33      0      0      31      44      55
   OR1       62      20      3      0      16      23      75

   YO8      255     156      3      0      38      98       0
   YO7      254     227    186      0      10      26       0
   YO6      247     191    105      0      21      55       3
   YO5      240     145      0      0      36      93       6
   YO4      173     105      0      0      26      67      32
   YO3      114      69      0      0      17      44      55
   YO2       77      46      0      0      11      29      70
   YO1       55      33      0      0       9      21      78

   YW8      251     254      0      1       0      99       0
   YW7      253     255    185      0       0      27       0
   YW6      234     237     94      0       0      55       7
   YW5      179     185      0      2       0      72      27
   YW4      119     122      0      1       0      47      52
   YW3       79      80      0      0       0      30      69
   YW2       58      60      0      0       0      23      76
   YW1       41      42      0      0       0      16      83

   YG8      128     256      0     50       0     100       0
   YG7      219     256    184     14       0      27       0
   YG6      164     243     95     30       0      57       5
   YG5       96     202      0     41       0      78      21
   YG4       68     142      0     29       0      55      44
   YG3       49     101      1     20       0      39      60
   YG2       32      68      0     14       0      26      73
   YG1       25      52      0     10       0      20      79

   GN8        0     256      0    100       0     100       0
   GN7      201     255    201     21       0      21       0
   GN6      163     256    164     36       0      36       0
   GN5       82     220      0     54       0      86      13
   GN4        0     174      0     68       0      68      31
   GN3        3     125      3     47       0      47      51
   GN2        0      85      0     32       0      32      67
   GN1        0      62      0     24       0      24      75

   BG8        0     223    203     87       0       8      12
   BG7      193     255    250     24       0       1       0
   BG6      140     245    234     40       0       3       4
   BG5        0     183    166     71       0       7      28
   BG4        0     151    136     58       0       5      41
   BG3        0     108     97     41       0       3      58
   BG2        0      79     72     30       0       2      69
   BG1        0      53     48     20       0       1      79

   BU8       17      80    252     91      67       0       1
   BU7      194     207    256     24      19       0       0
   BU6      163     194    255     36      23       0       0
   BU5       97     143    254     61      43       0       0
   BU4       51     101    252     78      58       0       1
   BU3        6      61    232     88      67       0       9
   BU2        0      40    160     62      47       0      37
   BU1        8      30     88     31      23       0      65

   VT8      137       1    244     41      94       0       4
   VT7      227     190    256     10      25       0       0
   VT6      213     160    256     16      37       0       0
   VT5      183      96    250     25      60       0       2
   VT4      146      52    219     28      65       0      14
   VT3      124       0    228     41      89       0      10
   VT2       81       0    147     26      57       0      42
   VT1       41       0     74     12      28       0      71

   RV8      220       0    129      0      86      35      13
   RV7      254     193    229      0      23       9       0
   RV6      244     160    210      0      32      13       4
   RV5      250      90    183      0      62      25       2
   RV4      217      49    146      0      65      27      14
   RV3      181       0    105      0      70      29      29
   RV2      111       0     68      0      43      16      56
   RV1       60       0     36      0      23       9      76
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/16/2005
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