#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#
# HTML Color Generator
# by Rob Hudson (elihu@atdot.org)
# June 1, 1999
use strict;
my @colors;

for (my $i = 0; $i < 64; $i++) {

  my ($rand,$x);
  my @hex;

  for ($x = 0; $x < 3; $x++) {
    $rand = rand(255);
    $hex[$x] = sprintf ("%x", $rand);
    if ($rand < 9) {
      $hex[$x] = "0" . $hex[$x];
    }
    if ($rand > 9 && $rand < 16) {
      $hex[$x] = "0" . $hex[$x];
    }
  }
  $colors[$i] = "\#" . $hex[0] . $hex[1] . $hex[2];
}

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Random Color Generator</TITLE></HEAD>";
print "<BODY BGCOLOR=\"#FFFFFF\">\n";
print "<H2><CENTER>Random Color Generator</CENTER></H2>";
print "<TABLE CELLSPACING=5 CELLPADDING=5 ALIGN=CENTER>\n";

my $count = 0;
for (my $i = 0; $i < 8; $i++) {
  print "<TR>\n";
  for (my $x = 0; $x < 8; $x++) {
    print "<TD BGCOLOR=\"#E0E0E0\"> $colors[$count++] </TD>";
  }
  print "</TR><TR>\n";
  $count -= 8;
  for (my $y = 0; $y < 8; $y++) {
    print "<TD BGCOLOR=\"$colors[$count++]\"> &nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;</TD>\n"
+;
  }
  print "</TR>\n";
}
print "</TABLE></BODY></HTML>";

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