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What is the default Colour of the link that is visited by the user?
purple
By default, a link will appear like this (in all browsers): An unvisited link is underlined and blue. A visited link is underlined and purple.
Why are visited links purple?
The color of a link should adhere to the existing color scheme on the website. Specifically, a purple link indicates that the link has already been visited. So in order to change this style we must change the CSS :visited pseudo class.
What is the default Colour of vlink?
The vlink (visited link) is the color of the link after the user has already visited it. By default, when no color is specified, most Web browsers will display links as blue, alinks as red, and vlinks as magenta.
When to use different colors for visited and unvisited links?
Using different colors for visited and unvisited links makes your site easier to navigate and thus increases user satisfaction. Next week’s Alertbox features detailed guidelines for textual links, including advice about the actual colors to use for visited and unvisited links.
When do you use the same link color?
Summary: People get lost and move in circles when websites use the same link color for visited and new destinations. To reduce navigational confusion, select different colors for the two types of links.
Why do some hyperlinks have a purple color?
It does however seems logical to me to choose a color close to the link color, preferably one colorblind people can distinct too. I can’t say if this is the actual reason it was chosen, but a reason why purple is a good choice is that, other than red, it has the lowest relative luminocity of any hue.
Why do textlinks on the web turn blue?
Browsers render textlinks blue by default. Jeffrey Zeldman wrote an article stating Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the world wide web, reached it at random: http://alistapart.com/blog/post/why-are-links-blue I can’t find any information on why visited links are purple.