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> "lightsalmon" is more descriptive to me than "#FFA07A" or "rgb(255, 160, 122)" While I agree, I feel that learning to look at "#FFA07A" and immediately grok
by lucideer 6y ago
> "lightsalmon" is more descriptive to me than "#FFA07A" or "rgb(255, 160, 122)"
While I agree, I feel that learning to look at "#FFA07A" and immediately grok "pink" has been of general benefit to me as a frontend dev.
> or "hsl(17, 100%, 73.9%)" at a glance
I must admit though that I haven't mastered identifying hue by number just yet (though if I do, it will be even better as Saturation and Lightness/Luminosity are much easier to reason about).
- crazygringo 6y agoI always found hex codes non-intuitive, but the hue values are easy once you just remember: 0 = red 120 = green 240 = blue Then you just interpolate as desired, so yellow is 60, orange is 30, red-orange is 15. And really all you need to remember is red = 0 (lowest energy wavelength) and the three RGB primaries are spread evenly around the 360° color wheel, therefore 0, 120, 240.
- wccrawford 6y agoIf you're good at knowing how colors mix, RGB values are also very intuitive, since they're literally in RGB order and the the closer to FF it is, the more of that color is in it. But I hadn't spent the time to look at hue values, so your chart helped me get better at them.