# 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:** 2
**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, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/21 "2002-05-16T22:01:37Z")
Oooooh, The Wingdings font is available? (although I suppose it has to be there on the computer of whoever is browsing the page) ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/22 "2002-05-17T00:09:44Z")
Eh, this is bizarre. Derleth Why the hell should browsers recognize random strings as valid colors? ---
**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 17, 2002, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/23 "2002-05-17T00:12:11Z")
See the link in my post above ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/24 "2002-05-17T00:12:28Z")
Mondo Bizarro Mondo Cane taupe Taste that bugger flavor! ;j test ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/25 "2002-05-17T00:18:42Z")
Secret color Triptych ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/26 "2002-05-17T01:21:55Z")
dwyr Cool. I’m reddish. Who knew? ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/27 "2002-05-17T07:02:48Z")
If I get the meaning of the other thread correctly, waterj2 is the same as 0A0E002. What a seven digit hex number means is beyond me, though. ---
**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 17, 2002, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/28 "2002-05-17T07:19:48Z")
I have no idea myself. Could have something to do with HTML, but I don’t know anything about it. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/29 "2002-05-17T09:26:21Z")
Dijon Warlock Dijon Warlock…well, _that_ isn’t much of a difference. My name is evidently quite reddish. One would have expected a more mustardy color: Mustardy. Okay…maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/30 "2002-05-17T09:53:20Z")
0123456789abcdef Near as I can tell, one has to have at least four characters in the color code, or it comes out black. Using the same character (as I did for the above) gives black for non-hex digit characters (g-z). This is dangerous to the hamsters. ---
**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 17, 2002, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/31 "2002-05-17T10:26:54Z")
Aubergine Hmmm, maybe it’s not ripe yet. ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/32 "2002-05-17T11:07:37Z")
kabbes Is it kabbes-coloured? Hmm. Only if kabbeses are light blue. Not bad though, not bad pan ---
**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 17, 2002, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/33 "2002-05-17T13:37:59Z")
cheese (that must be the sort of chees that the moon is made of) ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/34 "2002-05-17T13:46:23Z")
How are younguys doing this? And what color is vanilla? ---
**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 17, 2002, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/35 "2002-05-17T14:14:45Z")
vanilla (quote this post and all will become crystal…) ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/36 "2002-05-17T14:26:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mangetout \* > \*\*vanilla > > (quote this post and all will become crystal…) \*\* I don’t get it, but thanks for making me blue…😉 ---
**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 17, 2002, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/37 "2002-05-17T14:34:27Z")
When you quote a post, you get to edit and see the vB code that does the colour thing. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/38 "2002-05-17T14:43:45Z")
I am SO computer illiterate. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/39 "2002-05-17T15:09:04Z")
Actually, this leads to an interesting SD equivalent of crossing ones fingers etc. Quote and see what I mean Ooh, you’re all sooooo clever I am telling the truth, honest! Interesting stuff. pan ---
**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 17, 2002, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101/40 "2002-05-17T17:12:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kabbes \* > \*\*Actually, this leads to an interesting SD equivalent of crossing ones fingers etc. Quote and see what I mean > > Ooh, you’re all sooooo clever > I am telling the truth, honest! > > Interesting stuff. > > pan \*\* Hmm… that’s interesting. Wonder what it will come up with if I do this: I like the Matthew Good Band. I don’t care what you do, really… it doesn’t matter to me. I hate you, and wish you would burn forever for what you did! Darling, I love you; let’s get married. I have a lot of roses for you, and a candlelight dinner. Why the hell did you do that?!? I am very angry with you right now! :mad: [color-sadness]I am very sad. ☹ Please don’t disturb me now. Leave me alone to cry in peace.[/color] Oh, my goodness! I won the lottery! Now we can all live in style! I love you! Isn’t that so totally cool?!? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-with-colors/109101.md?page=3)