my @hex_numbers_row = ("ff","cc","99","66","33","00"); foreach $block (@hex_numbers_row) { foreach $col (@hex_numbers_row) { foreach $row (@hex_numbers_row) { my $hex_colour = $block.$row.$col; my $string_to_send = ''."What goes here?".''; print $q->th({-BGCOLOR=>"#$hex_colour", -width=>"1"},$string_to_send),"\n"; } }}