The default colors for HTML pages, since time immemorial, as HTML and as CSS: or as CSS: @media screen { body { color: #000000; background-color: #C0C0C0; } a { color: #ffffff; } a:link, .linkish { color: #0000EE !important; text-decoration: underline; } a:visited { color: #551A8B !important; text-decoration: underline !important;} a:active { color: #FF0000 !important; } } Not yet covered: the default colors for form widgets -- Sean Burke