# I'll learn how to use bolding and italics if it kills me

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**Created:** [May 24, 2002, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-learn-how-to-use-bolding-and-italics-if-it-kills-me/110725 "2002-05-24T23:27:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2002, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-learn-how-to-use-bolding-and-italics-if-it-kills-me/110725/1 "2002-05-24T23:27:41Z")

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Ok, here we go:

**Bold**

_Italics_

Red

Large

If you want to do a good search, click [here](http://www.google.com)

Yaay! ::clicks heels in the air::

Take _THAT_, you computer geeks!

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**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-learn-how-to-use-bolding-and-italics-if-it-kills-me/110725/2 "2002-05-25T01:10:07Z")

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Indeed.

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**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2002, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-learn-how-to-use-bolding-and-italics-if-it-kills-me/110725/3 "2002-05-25T10:25:10Z")

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Red?!? Hmph. Bold and italics ought to be enough for anybody.

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-learn-how-to-use-bolding-and-italics-if-it-kills-me/110725/4 "2002-05-28T05:47:08Z")

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SPOOFE-y down on this.

😃

(Thank you, Bloodhoud Gang.)

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-learn-how-to-use-bolding-and-italics-if-it-kills-me/110725/5 "2002-05-28T05:52:39Z")

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God, that looks bad. It’s symmetrical in hex, though. (ff00ff)

00ff00 is green.

Hex is #rrggbb, or two hex digits for red, then two for green, then two for blue. They are mixed in an additive color system (#000000 is white, #ffffff is black) and can represent a total of 16777216 colors (2\*\*24). How many colors a user can actually see is dependent upon the browser the person is using (some colors cause odd behavior in browsers).