If you type in only one color, and if your image is a light color, it will gradiate to black. If it is a dark color it will gradiate to white.
azure, gradient | burlywood, gradient | darkslateblue, gradient |
darkslateblue-darkviolet |
rosybrown-darkviolet |
Plasma will add a lot of colors on its own, especially if you only type in a single color. You get a lot more control over coloration if you use 2 colors (I tried 3, it didn't work).
gold | gold-burlywood | gold-cornflowerblue |
black-white
black-white using Channel
gold-blue | gold-blue |
gold-blue |
Image Magick's description:
Built-in image which returns an image containing the colors in the 6x6x6 color cube used to render colors on 256 color displays by the Netscape 2.0 browser.
Although the colors can't be changed you can get different Black/Grey/White images using the Channel & Interlace boxes at the bottom of the page. Under "Interlace" the options are: Plane, Line & Partition. Partition was used for the examples below. Since the differences were slight using Plane or Line I have not bothered to show them. I don't really know that I'd ever use this. (maybe the channel blue one), but here are the examples anyway. You can't choose size, it always comes out 216x144, in GIF format.
Netscape, default settings |
Netscape, partition, channel red |
Netscape, partition, channel green |
Netscape, partition, channel blue |
A list of available patterns is below. For samples and more information on using the Pattern format, click on the Pattern banner above.
From IM:
"For the Pattern format, choose from these patterns.
(Set the filename to one of these names):"
bricks
checkerboard
circles
crosshatch30
crosshatch45
crosshatch
fishscales
gray0
gray100
gray10
gray15
gray20
gray25
gray30
gray35
gray40
gray45
gray50
gray55
gray5
gray60
gray65
gray70
gray75
gray80
gray85
gray90
gray95
hexagons
horizontal
horizontalsaw
hs_bdiagonal
hs_cross
hs_diagcross
hs_fdiagonal
hs_horizontal
hs_vertical
left30
left45
leftshingle
octagons
right30
right45
rightshingle
smallfishscales
verticalbricks
verticalleftshingle
vertical
verticalrightshingle
verticalsaw
For examples click on the pattern banner.
GRANITE
Lastly there is Granite. It has a nice texture. I'm only sorry we don't have color options with this one. You can't choose size, it always comes out 128x128 in GIF format.
Netscape, partition, channel blue
BIG NEWS! 3/13/03
Plus Users can now make BGs at IM as well!
This just in from MISTY:
Instead of placing the color name by "filenames"... scroll down, choose the format (gradient, plasma, netscape)..and after that the box marked "meta" is where you place your color choice..then scroll back up and hit "view". Enjoy!!
~misty
Thank you so much Misty for keeping us updated!
Misty's Status Report
Special thanks to Susanna for posting some of the basics of making bgs and pushing me to experiment further
by ~Stranjer