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It's neat! Slightly offtopic - I saw one of the colors named "peru", does the name has any connection with Peru the country?
by edwinyzh 6y ago
It's neat! Slightly offtopic - I saw one of the colors named "peru", does the name has any connection with Peru the country?
- uxamanda 6y agoNot sure about that one, but dodgerblue is named after the LA Dodgers, so seems possible :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodger_blue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodger_blue
- runarberg 6y agoInteresting. Here is Peru on the CSSWG draft document[1]. Other then rebeccapurple[2][3] is there any rationale given for the names of the CSS colors? 1: https://drafts.csswg.org/css-color-3/#peru https://drafts.csswg.org/css-color-3/#peru 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_A._Meyer#Personal_life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_A._Meyer#Personal_life 3: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jun/0312.html https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jun/0312....
- knuptfad 6y ago"chartreuse" name is coming from the chartreuse drink, which is a highly alcoholic and green colored booze :)
- reaperducer 6y ago"Goldenrod" looks like a field of goldenrods.
- runarberg 6y agoAfter doing some digging, I found out that Peru is also a named color in the X11 color system[1]. Peru in particular seems to come from Peruvian Brown[2]. I don’t know what is peruvian about this shade of brown. But hopefully this is enough to get you started. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X11_color_names https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X11_color_names 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shades_of_brown#Peru https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shades_of_brown#Peru
- wmil 6y agoYes, Peru used to export pottery with a distinct brown colour. Prior to cheap air travel travelling to Peru was rare but the pottery was common. So "Peru pottery brown" was just called "Peru" when talking about colours.