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Didn't those come from X11 - I'm sure I was using some of those for terminal settings long before the Web (let alone CSS).
by arethuza 4y ago
Didn't those come from X11 - I'm sure I was using some of those for terminal settings long before the Web (let alone CSS).
- dspillett 4y ago> Didn't those come from X11 Almost. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X11_color_names#Clashes_between_web_and_X11_colors_in_the_CSS_color_scheme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X11_color_names#Clashes_betwee... I remember, way back when some of hadn't been born and the web was new and exciting, noticing the difference in greys when using the same colour names in a desktop tool's output and it's HTML documentation.
- arethuza 4y agoI actually think I developed a preference for some colours and combinations based on using HyperNeWS, which had a particularly tasteful set of colour combinations (at least for 1990 or so!).