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'Brown' is dark red, and to my eye 'sienna' has very little red in it. To get actual brown, you need 'saddlebrown'. CSS is super weird.

SamBam 6y ago
"Sienna" is an extremely ambiguous color already. Image search for "sienna color" and you'll get a huge range of browns, reds and oranges. "Burn sienna" seems even more varied. Here's are four different color-oriented websites, with a dark earthy orange from Colorlex [1], a light salmon from Canva [2], a light brown from Benjamin Moore [3] and a dark brown from Atelieracrylic [4]. 1. https://colourlex.com/project/burnt-sienna/ https://colourlex.com/project/burnt-sienna/ 2. https://www.canva.com/colors/color-meanings/burnt-sienna/ https://www.canva.com/colors/color-meanings/burnt-sienna/ 3. https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/color-overview/find-your-color/color/1196/burnt-sienna?color=1196 https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/color-overview/find-your... 4. http://atelieracrylic.com/atelier-interactive/burnt-sienna/ http://atelieracrylic.com/atelier-interactive/burnt-sienna/
- cialowicz 6y ago
  Fair enough, but the 'brown' issue is similarly confusing to the lightness reversal between 'gray' and 'darkgray'.
  - SamBam 6y ago
    Agree on the brown front, it's a very odd color choice.
buzzerbetrayed 6y ago
I tried to find brown on the slider to see what you’re talking about. Took me ages. Turns out you have to go REALLY red in order to find brown.
- runarberg 6y ago
  Turns out brown is a really interesting color: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh4aWZRtTwU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh4aWZRtTwU
avianlyric 6y ago
Worth watching the Technology Connection video on the colour Brown [1]. It's a strange colour that only really exists when placed in the context of other colours, not something that can really be produced by a pure RGB light source, which explains why the CSS Brown colour looks red. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh4aWZRtTwU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh4aWZRtTwU

SamBam 6y ago

"Sienna" is an extremely ambiguous color already. Image search for "sienna color" and you'll get a huge range of browns, reds and oranges. "Burn sienna" seems even more varied. Here's are four different color-oriented websites, with a dark earthy orange from Colorlex [1], a light salmon from Canva [2], a light brown from Benjamin Moore [3] and a dark brown from Atelieracrylic [4]. 1. https://colourlex.com/project/burnt-sienna/ https://colourlex.com/project/burnt-sienna/ 2. https://www.canva.com/colors/color-meanings/burnt-sienna/ https://www.canva.com/colors/color-meanings/burnt-sienna/ 3. https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/color-overview/find-your-color/color/1196/burnt-sienna?color=1196 https://www.benjaminmoore.com/en-us/color-overview/find-your... 4. http://atelieracrylic.com/atelier-interactive/burnt-sienna/ http://atelieracrylic.com/atelier-interactive/burnt-sienna/

cialowicz 6y ago
Fair enough, but the 'brown' issue is similarly confusing to the lightness reversal between 'gray' and 'darkgray'.
- SamBam 6y ago
  Agree on the brown front, it's a very odd color choice.

buzzerbetrayed 6y ago

I tried to find brown on the slider to see what you’re talking about. Took me ages. Turns out you have to go REALLY red in order to find brown.

runarberg 6y ago
Turns out brown is a really interesting color: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh4aWZRtTwU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh4aWZRtTwU

avianlyric 6y ago

Worth watching the Technology Connection video on the colour Brown [1]. It's a strange colour that only really exists when placed in the context of other colours, not something that can really be produced by a pure RGB light source, which explains why the CSS Brown colour looks red. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh4aWZRtTwU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh4aWZRtTwU