Why does CSS3 use two names for the same color: aqua = cyan, magenta = fuchsia?
Why does CSS3 duplicate
#00ffff = 0,255,255 and
#FF00FF = (255, 0, 255), spotted by this user?
This duplication confuses, as each is listed separately on the aforementioned CSS3 link.
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Why does CSS3 duplicate
#00ffff = 0,255,255 and
#FF00FF = (255, 0, 255), spotted by this user?
This duplication confuses, as each is listed separately on the aforementioned CSS3 link.
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Typically things like this are done simply to preserve backward compatibility. Nothing more and nothing less. The reality is the is non-issue since most developers nowadays don’t use word/name-based color designations anyway. It’s all either a hex triplet or an RGB value of some kind to get colors that are more accurate to a designers vision. And even if there were no deep design concerns, I personally would just code a color as#00ffffor#ff00ffto be explicit about what color I want rendered. Heck, I don’t recall ever using name-based colors since the first website I code back in 1995.
– JakeGould
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Why does CSS3 duplicate
#00ffff = 0,255,255 and
#FF00FF = (255, 0, 255), spotted by this user?
This duplication confuses, as each is listed separately on the aforementioned CSS3 link.
css
asked 5 hours ago
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33732549
Why does CSS3 duplicate
#00ffff = 0,255,255 and
#FF00FF = (255, 0, 255), spotted by this user?
This duplication confuses, as each is listed separately on the aforementioned CSS3 link.
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Typically things like this are done simply to preserve backward compatibility. Nothing more and nothing less. The reality is the is non-issue since most developers nowadays don’t use word/name-based color designations anyway. It’s all either a hex triplet or an RGB value of some kind to get colors that are more accurate to a designers vision. And even if there were no deep design concerns, I personally would just code a color as#00ffffor#ff00ffto be explicit about what color I want rendered. Heck, I don’t recall ever using name-based colors since the first website I code back in 1995.
– JakeGould
4 hours ago
add a comment |
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Typically things like this are done simply to preserve backward compatibility. Nothing more and nothing less. The reality is the is non-issue since most developers nowadays don’t use word/name-based color designations anyway. It’s all either a hex triplet or an RGB value of some kind to get colors that are more accurate to a designers vision. And even if there were no deep design concerns, I personally would just code a color as#00ffffor#ff00ffto be explicit about what color I want rendered. Heck, I don’t recall ever using name-based colors since the first website I code back in 1995.
– JakeGould
4 hours ago
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Typically things like this are done simply to preserve backward compatibility. Nothing more and nothing less. The reality is the is non-issue since most developers nowadays don’t use word/name-based color designations anyway. It’s all either a hex triplet or an RGB value of some kind to get colors that are more accurate to a designers vision. And even if there were no deep design concerns, I personally would just code a color as
#00ffff or #ff00ff to be explicit about what color I want rendered. Heck, I don’t recall ever using name-based colors since the first website I code back in 1995.– JakeGould
4 hours ago
Typically things like this are done simply to preserve backward compatibility. Nothing more and nothing less. The reality is the is non-issue since most developers nowadays don’t use word/name-based color designations anyway. It’s all either a hex triplet or an RGB value of some kind to get colors that are more accurate to a designers vision. And even if there were no deep design concerns, I personally would just code a color as
#00ffff or #ff00ff to be explicit about what color I want rendered. Heck, I don’t recall ever using name-based colors since the first website I code back in 1995.– JakeGould
4 hours ago
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There are a few clashing/duplicate colors listed in CSS3 because the current web colors list maintained by W3C was descended from the X11 color names file.
X Windows Systems contained a text file that had RGB values that mapped to a certain color. This text file was shipped with all X11 installations.
Mosaic and Netscape Navigator both used the X11 color names as the basis of their colors.
Once the HTML color list was defined, instead of depreciating the duplicate and clashing colors, they simply adopted them into the list. Presumably to prevent breaking older websites/browsers that used X11 colors and for the fact that X11 had defined them first.
That being said, if you use a clashing color name on a site today, it would display the W3C color instead of the X11 color.
answered 4 hours ago
DrZooDrZoo
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It's X Windows System or X Windowing System, not Windows X
– slebetman
2 hours ago
@slebetman I fixed it. If you see errors in answers or questions, make an edit so it can be approved, and you'll get a small chunk of rep (+2) for your edits (until you hit +1000 rep from edits, or 2,000 rep overall)
– DrZoo
1 hour ago
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There are a few clashing/duplicate colors listed in CSS3 because the current web colors list maintained by W3C was descended from the X11 color names file.
X Windows Systems contained a text file that had RGB values that mapped to a certain color. This text file was shipped with all X11 installations.
Mosaic and Netscape Navigator both used the X11 color names as the basis of their colors.
Once the HTML color list was defined, instead of depreciating the duplicate and clashing colors, they simply adopted them into the list. Presumably to prevent breaking older websites/browsers that used X11 colors and for the fact that X11 had defined them first.
That being said, if you use a clashing color name on a site today, it would display the W3C color instead of the X11 color.
answered 4 hours ago
DrZooDrZoo
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It's X Windows System or X Windowing System, not Windows X
– slebetman
2 hours ago
@slebetman I fixed it. If you see errors in answers or questions, make an edit so it can be approved, and you'll get a small chunk of rep (+2) for your edits (until you hit +1000 rep from edits, or 2,000 rep overall)
– DrZoo
1 hour ago
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There are a few clashing/duplicate colors listed in CSS3 because the current web colors list maintained by W3C was descended from the X11 color names file.
X Windows Systems contained a text file that had RGB values that mapped to a certain color. This text file was shipped with all X11 installations.
Mosaic and Netscape Navigator both used the X11 color names as the basis of their colors.
Once the HTML color list was defined, instead of depreciating the duplicate and clashing colors, they simply adopted them into the list. Presumably to prevent breaking older websites/browsers that used X11 colors and for the fact that X11 had defined them first.
That being said, if you use a clashing color name on a site today, it would display the W3C color instead of the X11 color.
answered 4 hours ago
DrZooDrZoo
5,73121638
It's X Windows System or X Windowing System, not Windows X
– slebetman
2 hours ago
@slebetman I fixed it. If you see errors in answers or questions, make an edit so it can be approved, and you'll get a small chunk of rep (+2) for your edits (until you hit +1000 rep from edits, or 2,000 rep overall)
– DrZoo
1 hour ago
add a comment |
There are a few clashing/duplicate colors listed in CSS3 because the current web colors list maintained by W3C was descended from the X11 color names file.
X Windows Systems contained a text file that had RGB values that mapped to a certain color. This text file was shipped with all X11 installations.
Mosaic and Netscape Navigator both used the X11 color names as the basis of their colors.
Once the HTML color list was defined, instead of depreciating the duplicate and clashing colors, they simply adopted them into the list. Presumably to prevent breaking older websites/browsers that used X11 colors and for the fact that X11 had defined them first.
That being said, if you use a clashing color name on a site today, it would display the W3C color instead of the X11 color.
answered 4 hours ago
DrZooDrZoo
5,73121638
There are a few clashing/duplicate colors listed in CSS3 because the current web colors list maintained by W3C was descended from the X11 color names file.
X Windows Systems contained a text file that had RGB values that mapped to a certain color. This text file was shipped with all X11 installations.
Mosaic and Netscape Navigator both used the X11 color names as the basis of their colors.
Once the HTML color list was defined, instead of depreciating the duplicate and clashing colors, they simply adopted them into the list. Presumably to prevent breaking older websites/browsers that used X11 colors and for the fact that X11 had defined them first.
That being said, if you use a clashing color name on a site today, it would display the W3C color instead of the X11 color.
answered 4 hours ago
DrZooDrZoo
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answered 4 hours ago
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answered 4 hours ago
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It's X Windows System or X Windowing System, not Windows X
– slebetman
2 hours ago
@slebetman I fixed it. If you see errors in answers or questions, make an edit so it can be approved, and you'll get a small chunk of rep (+2) for your edits (until you hit +1000 rep from edits, or 2,000 rep overall)
– DrZoo
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It's X Windows System or X Windowing System, not Windows X
– slebetman
2 hours ago
@slebetman I fixed it. If you see errors in answers or questions, make an edit so it can be approved, and you'll get a small chunk of rep (+2) for your edits (until you hit +1000 rep from edits, or 2,000 rep overall)
– DrZoo
1 hour ago
It's X Windows System or X Windowing System, not Windows X
– slebetman
2 hours ago
It's X Windows System or X Windowing System, not Windows X
– slebetman
2 hours ago
@slebetman I fixed it. If you see errors in answers or questions, make an edit so it can be approved, and you'll get a small chunk of rep (+2) for your edits (until you hit +1000 rep from edits, or 2,000 rep overall)
– DrZoo
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@slebetman I fixed it. If you see errors in answers or questions, make an edit so it can be approved, and you'll get a small chunk of rep (+2) for your edits (until you hit +1000 rep from edits, or 2,000 rep overall)
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Typically things like this are done simply to preserve backward compatibility. Nothing more and nothing less. The reality is the is non-issue since most developers nowadays don’t use word/name-based color designations anyway. It’s all either a hex triplet or an RGB value of some kind to get colors that are more accurate to a designers vision. And even if there were no deep design concerns, I personally would just code a color as
#00ffffor#ff00ffto be explicit about what color I want rendered. Heck, I don’t recall ever using name-based colors since the first website I code back in 1995.– JakeGould
4 hours ago