John Carter wrote: > On Mon, 22 May 2006, Wesley Parish wrote: > >> I'm just not sure where I should look for the definitions >> (hexadecimal, 12 bit >> and 24 bit, etc) of colours. Any hints, pointers? > > > Pity I didn't see this earlier. > > The one true answer can always be found at... > > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt > > I have always loved browsing this list. (ps you can see the actual > colors in > kcolorchooser Select named colors) > > Anybody for "papaya whip", or "antique white"? > > Who thought up these names anyway?
According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X11_color_names 'It is not known who originally compiled the list.' Stephen ======================================================================= This email, including any attachments, is only for the intended addressee. It is subject to copyright, is confidential and may be the subject of legal or other privilege, none of which is waived or lost by reason of this transmission. If the receiver is not the intended addressee, please accept our apologies, notify us by return, delete all copies and perform no other act on the email. Unfortunately, we cannot warrant that the email has not been altered or corrupted during transmission. =======================================================================
