What's in a name? Exploring the origins of CSS color names
summary
There are exactly 147 colors in the built‑in CSS palette, many inherited from X11 (first shipped 1986, expanded in the 1989 X11 rev 4) and only standardized into SVG/CSS3 in 2011. Origins include Sinclair paint swatches and 39 from Crayola out of the 72 box. Adding names is rare but sometimes fast: 66 3399 became Rebecca purple in months. A personal CSS color chart and SVG demos show these names rendered and usable across browsers.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 8:00Favorite Names
- 8:45Origins
- 10:10Color Names
- 12:25Bold Colors
- 14:45Default Colors
- 15:45Conclusion
