Does your Browser understand Color Names?
A comparison of ColorNames as (mis)understood by browsers vs Colors generated by HEX values.
See these listed ColorNames:
AliceBlue-Yellow .
Gray/Grey .
aliceblue-yellow .
gray/grey
- The format of the above pages is as follows:
- definition is purportedly from an X11 file
- browser opinion is the browser interpretation of the Color Name.
- The hex columns show:
- via hex: color as shown by the hex value generated from the "definition" above.
- rr gg bb is the generated hex value
- components breaks down the hex value into R G B and shows each separate color value.
- Example:
definition |
browser |
hex |
red |
green |
blue |
color name |
opinion |
via hex: |
rr gg bb |
components |
21 |
5 |
23 |
Black |
font |
font |
150517 |
15 |
05 |
17 |
255 |
255 |
255 |
White |
font |
font |
FFFFFF |
FF |
FF |
FF |
212 |
160 |
23 |
Gold |
font |
font |
D4A017 |
D4 |
A0 |
17 |
254 |
232 |
198 |
BlanchedAlmond |
font |
font |
FEE8C6 |
FE |
E8 |
C6 |
- Generated by a script from an
rbg file ( which does seem to have a few self-evident errors ).
- One thing worthy of note: neither NS nor IE can handle blanks:
- for example: " Black " or "Blanched Almond"
- Example:
definition |
browser |
hex |
red |
green |
blue |
color name |
opinion |
via hex: |
rr gg bb |
components |
21 |
5 |
23 |
Black |
font |
font |
150517 |
15 |
05 |
17 |
255 |
255 |
255 |
White |
font |
font |
FFFFFF |
FF |
FF |
FF |
212 |
160 |
23 |
Gold |
font |
font |
D4A017 |
D4 |
A0 |
17 |
254 |
232 |
198 |
Blanched Almond |
font |
font |
FEE8C6 |
FE |
E8 |
C6 |