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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2015 8:46:42 GMT -8
Okay, so Zeke uses a customized font color for all his posts. I red (sic) the instructions, so I know how that is done. And I thought, "Hmmm maybe I need my own color." So anyway, I got to experimenting with color by name, because I knew I'd never remember the 6-figure hex code. Well, I just got carried away. Here are just a few color names that produce a color in this forum's versatile BBCode. If this is not enough trivia debauchery for you, there are other color names that I left out at this site — often because they were too pastel to show up. Yeah, I know, too much time on my hands. Whatever. pink lightpink hotpink palevioletred rosybrown violet fuchsia magenta deeppink thistle plum orchid mediumvioletred mediumorchid darkmagenta purple darkorchid darkviolet blueviolet indigo mediumpurple mediumslateblue slateblue darkslateblue navy midnightblue lightblue lightskyblue skyblue cornflowerblue dodgerblue royalblue blue mediumblue darkblue powderblue deepskyblue steelblue lightcyan paleturquoise aqua cyan turquoise mediumturquoise darkturquoise aquamarine mediumaquamarine lightseagreen cadetblue darkcyan teal palegreen lightgreen springgreen mediumspringgreen mediumseagreen seagreen greenyellow lawngreen chartreuse lime limegreen forestgreen green darkgreen darkseagreen darkkhaki yellowgreen olivedrab olive darkolivegreen yellow gold goldenrod darkgoldenrod sandybrown orange peru darkorange chocolate sienna saddlebrown maroon lightsalmon coral darksalmon tomato salmon orangered brown lightcoral indianred red crimson firebrick darkred azure aliceblue lavenderblush mistyrose blanchedalmond papayawhip antiquewhite bisque wheat peachpuff moccasin navajowhite lightgoldenrodyellow lemonchiffon palegoldenrod khaki beige burlywood tan lavender gainsboro lightgray silver darkgray gray dimgray black lightsteelblue lightslategray slategray darkslategray
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Post by BlueBear on Aug 3, 2015 8:58:07 GMT -8
For all the Universal HTML color names, look up a table. There are 140 text names supported by all browsers, many support much larger selections but if you stick with these you'll be fine. www.w3schools.com/html/html_colornames.aspOf course if you use the 6-digit HEX codes you have 16 million colors available, but I'm unsure any standard user really needs that many options for text shading. - Mike
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Post by rebeccad on Aug 3, 2015 9:19:34 GMT -8
And then, when you get to playing around, remember that black on white remains about the easiest on the eyes and easy to read. Low-contrast is a PITA for us old folks.
(And you can't control background here, but I'm going on record to note that I do NOT like, and usually won't read, blogs with white text on a black background).
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Post by johnnyray on Aug 3, 2015 9:32:41 GMT -8
And then, when you get to playing around, remember that black on white remains about the easiest on the eyes and easy to read. +1
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Post by Lamebeaver on Aug 3, 2015 9:46:31 GMT -8
I want to make my standard text taupe on mauve.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2015 9:46:25 GMT -8
. . .(And you can't control background here, but I'm going on record to note that I do NOT like, and usually won't read, blogs with white text on a black background). I agree that white on black is annoying. But I do find highlighting such as this useful on occasion.
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Post by gabby on Aug 3, 2015 9:50:46 GMT -8
And then, when you get to playing around, remember that black on white remains about the easiest on the eyes and easy to read. Low-contrast is a PITA for us old folks. Yet, back when I used to spend 10 to 12 hours a day coding, I found that "softening" the background (my favorite was a "peachpuff" flavor) was easier on my eyes. Looking at a pure white background all day seemed to "burn out my eyes" by the end of the day. YMMV, of course.
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Post by BlueBear on Aug 3, 2015 9:52:09 GMT -8
Agreed that Black on Soft-offwhite is overall easiest to read, although black-on-white isn't bad either. Also agreed with Travis that highlighting is occasionally useful, for short emphasized phrases, same as in hard-copy print.
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Post by zeke on Aug 3, 2015 11:33:12 GMT -8
I used maroon on the old boards. This was just the first good red i could find. As for remembering the 6 digit code, I just plugged it in to my profile and it comes up automatically. I work around it when quoting something from another source so people don't think it original thought. Never had many of those.
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Post by Admin on Aug 4, 2015 7:40:35 GMT -8
Uh, I hate to break it to you, but I have to select all your text to make it readable with a highlighted background Even then, not so great.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2015 10:02:51 GMT -8
I think I'll stick with the regular black font (just so Rebecca won't boycott my posts. ) But I like the highlight feature — with the border removed. There are lots of ways to emphasize parts of a quote such as from a magazine (underline, italics, bold, red font, larger font size . . . ) but I like highlighting best. Highlighting allows me to emphasize a part of the quote without taking that part out of context. So any reader with a short attention span will hopefully be drawn first to the highlighted portion. And someone with more patience can read that highlighted portion in context. Better not to overuse it, though.
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Post by desert dweller on Aug 4, 2015 17:48:12 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2015 18:53:55 GMT -8
Actually, I don't think we can say that either word is more "real." Both crimson and cramoisy date back at least 500 years. And while they share a common origin, each word took a slightly different route into our language — with crimson having a stronger English heritage, but cramoisy (spelled cramoisi) having a long French and Spanish heritage. Forty years ago, cramoisy was not even included in my Websters Unabridged Dictionary. So crimson has a far stronger standing in English, in my opinion. And if you use spell-check in your posts, you may find that both British and American English spell-check dictionaries reject cramoisy as even a word. In addition to my old Webster Unabridged, the online Etymology Dictionary includes crimson but no cramoisy. Nor does it show cramoisy as any intermediate step in our use of the word crimson. So as your own source says: "Don't worry if the colours (or colors) in your universe don't match up with the definitions I've given for these words, though - I've been known to have skewed perceptions of reality ..."
That is to say, he's really not claiming to be an authority on the English Language. And better sources favor crimson over cramoisy — as I've shown above.
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Post by desert dweller on Aug 4, 2015 19:07:22 GMT -8
All I'm trying to say, Travis, is that there are options to most decisions in life.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2015 20:18:57 GMT -8
All I'm trying to say, Travis, is that there are options to most decisions in life. Of course there are. And nothing I've posted indicates otherwise. The color names I provided are simply HTML and BBCode recognized. That means that you can use those names in this forum or in writing HTML and yield the color shown. What it does not mean is that you have to use one of those words. You don't. You can ignore the entire color question, OR you can pick another color and name, OR you can use the hex-code. Those are all options in life you are free to choose. And who knows how many other options there are? Nothing about any of this indicates that some hex-code or browser-recognized color name means anything more in nature than how it is used in computer programming. You can call it cramoisy or blood red or deep red or anything that suits you. All I'm doing is listing color names as they are recognized by BBCode and HTML — if anyone is interested. There is nothing about that which would presume to take away anyone's options to life decisions. It's not a deep philosophical question. It's just post formatting code. That's all.
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