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Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:50:09 -0400 despen@verizon.net wrote: 
>
> d> Does this do what you want?
>
> d> (setq my-red "#FF0033")
> d> (set-face-foreground 'default my-red)
>
> Yes.  Amazingly, I never thought of just using a variable there.  Thanks.

if you complete on color names, like you do e.g. in customize-face, do
you get my-red in the proposed completions?