I just came across this article about the origins of CSS color names and thought it was interesting. Ever wonder where all those CSS color names came from?
http://arstechnica.com/information-tech ... lor-names/
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Re: CSS color names
Some entertainment value there for sure.
The only times I type out colors is for testing when I'll have something like:
I might have an occasional color:red in an optimized style sheet since "red" is one byte smaller than "#f00", but everything else is hex.
The only times I type out colors is for testing when I'll have something like:
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.testbox{border:1px dashed red}.testbox2{border:1px dotted green}
Rick