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Out of curiosity: Are there any other semantically unrelated color names in the spec?

by ddoolin 11y ago

scarmig 11y ago
aliceblue, though that was a pre-existing color. Here's a full list: http://www.crockford.com/wrrrld/color.html http://www.crockford.com/wrrrld/color.html
- ddoolin 11y ago
  Thanks! (Ecaron's parent comment to an older HN thread also had some comments that named a few) `dodgerblue` and `aliceblue` are pretty damning...I don't see much reason rebeccapurple shouldn't be added at that point. I guess there's the argument of not personalizing the content more than it already is.
  - userbinator 11y ago
    I guess there's the argument of not personalizing the content more than it already is. There's also the argument of how much utility all these colour names actually have - if you did a survey of the colours specified in the CSS of all sites on the Internet, I bet a huge proportion of the ones that use colour names are the common ones like "black", "white", "red", "green", etc.; and the rest are specified in hex. All these other seldom-used names just take up space in every single piece of software that wants to claim compliance with CSS4 standard. Especially with the development of CSS preprocessors, it feels to me like hex colours would suffice; and perhaps the primary and secondary colours.
loganfsmyth 11y ago
I see an "aliceblue". No idea if there is a history behind it. http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-color/#named-colors http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-color/#named-colors
talmand 11y ago
AliceBlue, named for Roosevelt's daughter that started the color trend in fashion. There's also Peru, but I'm not sure what that's about.
- ddoolin 11y ago
  I'd definitely be interested to learn the story behind `peru` since it doesn't seem to be related to the most obvious choice (the flag(s))
  - superobserver 11y ago
    Not as cool as cosmic latte. :)
- rburhum 11y ago
  As a peruvian, that brown color can only mean two things; the beautiful color of the Andes, or the shitty state of peruvian politics. Either way, I am cool with it.
  - rburhum 11y ago
    OK, jokes on the side, although I really don't know for sure the source, I would say that brown color is very typical in Peru. - You can see it in the Andes mountains: http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/8000/8924/ISS017-E-7322_lrg.jpg http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/8000/8924/... http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Photography/Images/POD/a/andes-mountains-haas-1110869-sw.jpg http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Sh... - You can see it in the clay that is used for rooftops: http://curanderos.ru/peru/18374000.jpg http://curanderos.ru/peru/18374000.jpg - The color of the salt mines: http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/maras-salt-mines-peruvian-andes-cuzco-peru-july-woman-working-july-34963697.jpg http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/maras-salt-mines-peruvian-and... - In the huge amount of peruvian clay pottery: https://www.google.com/search?q=peruvian+andes&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=1318&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=NTZaVeiXBc_doASFuoLABg&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&dpr=1#tbm=isch&q=peruvian+clay+pottery&spell=1 https://www.google.com/search?q=peruvian+andes&espv=2&biw=12... * Un the die for the textiles: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/63/9b/34/639b3446882bf509ff2f7657a946c2e7.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/63/9b/34/639b34468... * Even in natural disasters when the river flows out ("huaycos") and destroys roads: http://cde.publimetro.e3.pe/ima/0/0/0/1/7/17391.jpg http://cde.publimetro.e3.pe/ima/0/0/0/1/7/17391.jpg Surprised there is a peruvian brown - but it makes sense to me :)
91bananas 11y ago
Not semantically unrelated, but my personal favorite is "tomato"

Out of curiosity: Are there any other semantically unrelated color names in the spec?

by ddoolin 11y ago

Out of curiosity: Are there any other semantically unrelated color names in the spec?

aliceblue, though that was a pre-existing color. Here's a full list: http://www.crockford.com/wrrrld/color.html http://www.crockford.com/wrrrld/color.html

ddoolin 11y ago
Thanks! (Ecaron's parent comment to an older HN thread also had some comments that named a few) `dodgerblue` and `aliceblue` are pretty damning...I don't see much reason rebeccapurple shouldn't be added at that point. I guess there's the argument of not personalizing the content more than it already is.
- userbinator 11y ago
  I guess there's the argument of not personalizing the content more than it already is. There's also the argument of how much utility all these colour names actually have - if you did a survey of the colours specified in the CSS of all sites on the Internet, I bet a huge proportion of the ones that use colour names are the common ones like "black", "white", "red", "green", etc.; and the rest are specified in hex. All these other seldom-used names just take up space in every single piece of software that wants to claim compliance with CSS4 standard. Especially with the development of CSS preprocessors, it feels to me like hex colours would suffice; and perhaps the primary and secondary colours.

loganfsmyth 11y ago

I see an "aliceblue". No idea if there is a history behind it. http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-color/#named-colors http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-color/#named-colors

talmand 11y ago

AliceBlue, named for Roosevelt's daughter that started the color trend in fashion. There's also Peru, but I'm not sure what that's about.

ddoolin 11y ago
I'd definitely be interested to learn the story behind `peru` since it doesn't seem to be related to the most obvious choice (the flag(s))
- superobserver 11y ago
  Not as cool as cosmic latte. :)
rburhum 11y ago
As a peruvian, that brown color can only mean two things; the beautiful color of the Andes, or the shitty state of peruvian politics. Either way, I am cool with it.
- rburhum 11y ago
  OK, jokes on the side, although I really don't know for sure the source, I would say that brown color is very typical in Peru. - You can see it in the Andes mountains: http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/8000/8924/ISS017-E-7322_lrg.jpg http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/8000/8924/... http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Photography/Images/POD/a/andes-mountains-haas-1110869-sw.jpg http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Sh... - You can see it in the clay that is used for rooftops: http://curanderos.ru/peru/18374000.jpg http://curanderos.ru/peru/18374000.jpg - The color of the salt mines: http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/maras-salt-mines-peruvian-andes-cuzco-peru-july-woman-working-july-34963697.jpg http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/maras-salt-mines-peruvian-and... - In the huge amount of peruvian clay pottery: https://www.google.com/search?q=peruvian+andes&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=1318&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=NTZaVeiXBc_doASFuoLABg&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&dpr=1#tbm=isch&q=peruvian+clay+pottery&spell=1 https://www.google.com/search?q=peruvian+andes&espv=2&biw=12... * Un the die for the textiles: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/63/9b/34/639b3446882bf509ff2f7657a946c2e7.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/63/9b/34/639b34468... * Even in natural disasters when the river flows out ("huaycos") and destroys roads: http://cde.publimetro.e3.pe/ima/0/0/0/1/7/17391.jpg http://cde.publimetro.e3.pe/ima/0/0/0/1/7/17391.jpg Surprised there is a peruvian brown - but it makes sense to me :)

91bananas 11y ago

Not semantically unrelated, but my personal favorite is "tomato"