# Fun with Colors **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 14, 2002, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101 "2002-05-14T22:39:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/1 "2002-05-14T22:39:45Z")
Sky Blue Silver Royal Blue Teal Blue Chocolate Dark-Blue Sienna Orange Sandy Brown Orange-Red Burlywood Crimson Indigo Red Purple Firebrick Coral Dark Red Tomato Green Deeppink Limegreen Sea-green Sky Blue Silver Royal Blue Teal Blue Chocolate Dark-Blue Sienna Orange Sandy Brown Orange-Red Burlywood Crimson Indigo Red Purple Firebrick Coral Dark Red Tomato Green Deeppink Limegreen Sea-green ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/2 "2002-05-15T05:42:29Z")
Pink: It’s a new kind of lingo. Milk chocolate, maybe. I get knocked down, but I get up again. You’re never gonna keep me down! Do hex triplets work? Yep. And a third. Odd color only available with hex codes. Evil color! (Quote to see why). ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/3 "2002-05-15T05:45:13Z")
White Black Blue Red ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/4 "2002-05-15T06:00:08Z")
#CEFDF9 he he… I like this color for some reason. Although on this background you really can’t see it. But it looks cool on black. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/5 "2002-05-15T08:00:09Z")
crud Hmmm Mangetout ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/6 "2002-05-15T08:01:25Z")
cool; what colour is your user name? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/7 "2002-05-15T08:06:05Z")
fnord ---
**Author:** ![kase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@kase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kase)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/8 "2002-05-15T08:10:02Z")
käse [that’s my color] ---
**Author:** ![kase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@kase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kase)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/9 "2002-05-15T08:12:42Z")
☹ Trying my real name: käse ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/10 "2002-05-15T13:26:21Z")
Aha, the board software just offers the colour that you have named verbatim to the browser when the page is formatted; how the browser deals with non-standard colours is probably not the same for, say IE and Netscape… interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/11 "2002-05-15T16:39:59Z")
Ooh! Can I try? Flamsterette\_X ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/12 "2002-05-15T16:48:21Z")
Hey, this is cool! Let’s try some other names… Flami Corey Darren Jessica Vivian Karen I wonder if all of these will come out different colors… ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/13 "2002-05-15T16:57:35Z")
Some did, and some didn’t. Oh well… that’s my experiment for the day! ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/14 "2002-05-16T01:05:18Z")
Why does my browser recognize Mangetout, Flamsterette\_X, Corey, Darren, Jessica, and Vivian as colors? Does it recognize waterj2 as a color? ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/15 "2002-05-16T09:57:59Z")
Well, I don’t know about your browser, **waterj2** , but mine certainly recognizes your name as a color. Light green, in fact. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/16 "2002-05-16T12:28:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by waterj2 \* > \*\*Why does my browser recognize Mangetout, Flamsterette\_X, Corey, Darren, Jessica, and Vivian as colors? Does it recognize waterj2 as a color? \*\* I don’t know, so I posted this in GQ: [colour rendering in Internet Explorer](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=115513) ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/17 "2002-05-16T12:37:45Z")
Francesca I’m red… LIKE A FOX! ---
**Author:** ![milquetoast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@milquetoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milquetoast)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/18 "2002-05-16T13:42:37Z")
Nouveau Bozo Nouveau Bozo ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/19 "2002-05-16T14:58:36Z")
**Coldfire** I would appear to be a slightly pukish green. Hmmm. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/20 "2002-05-16T18:09:25Z")
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