On 5 December 2013 07:26, Tory Gaurnier <tory.gaurn...@linuxmail.org> wrote:
> No offense, but a paint store isn't a very good comparison, because they > have 100s of "named" colors, and you can get 1000s of mixes that then have > their own names, when it comes to computer science we use RGB, we can't > crack open a can of green and mix it with egg shells white, we use HEX or > DEC values to mix red green and blue. And HEX is hardly cryptic, first two > digits are red, middle two digits are green, and last two digits are blue. > A program/API should always support HEX, and it's good practice to also > support DEC values and named colors. > > And it doesn't understand Gamboge, a colour name that has been in use at least since the 1600s. #e49b0f :( Cheers Lex
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