CSS Colors
Photo from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_colors
The super talented and attractive Anthony Mattox discovered this wonderful table of CSS color names you can use in your stylesheet! Some of these are freakin’ ridiculous. I knew you could use “Black” and “Red” and what not in CSS, but I never would have guessed that “MediumSpringGreen” or, Anthony’s favorite, “PapayaWhip” would work. I think “Peru” is the best; what’s your favorite?
Friday, February 27, 2009
4 Comments
My favorite CSS color is Burly Wood
Isn’t NavajoWhite a little bigoted for a color?
@Anthony – Yes, tremendously so. The Dub-3-C don’t play by no one’s rules though.
@anthony. yes/no. if you are requiring specificity, use RGB valiues or #abcdef / #`123456… the colour names are vague, but considering moccasin and indianred, perhaps they should call the color you mention PuebloWhite (as in the color of a building) instead…
Many pleasing earthy/pastel colours are found in architecture (and arts/crafts!) in the U.S Southwest. Many of those colors are reflections of the natural surroundings. We should all be so lucky as to have as much color in our surroundings.
Navajo neighborhood “Antelope Canyon” photo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10186213@N07/2647151324/