# Test Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 28, 2015, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120 "2015-08-28T00:14:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2017, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/21 "2017-03-08T02:15:47Z")
Some of those color names really don’t match their appearance. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2017, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/22 "2017-03-08T02:38:53Z")
Some of this is kinda cool. I will [del]steal[/del] appropriate. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/23 "2017-03-11T15:40:08Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Some of those color names really don’t match their appearance. Yeah I noticed that. For example, this is _ **GRAPE** _? **And this is _FLESH_**? And this is _ **CHERRY** _? Really? As I tested to see if different color names worked (using Wikipedia’s [Lists of colors (compact)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors_(compact)), I noticed a few things. (1) Color names with more than one word failed. Examples: WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=DARK RED WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=OLIVE DRAB - - DARK RED and OLIVE DRAB don’t even register as colors\* (2) Some color names do register as a color, but aren’t even close. Some examples were given above: WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=GRAPE _- grape, a shade of purple, comes out in a shade of blue_ WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=FLESH _- flesh, a shade of pink, comes out in a shade of yellow_ WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=CHERRY _- cherry, a shade of red, comes out in a shade of green_ WWWWW ➤ ★ ● WWWWW: COLOR=CHESTNUT _- chestnut, a shade of brown, comes out in a shade of red_ (3) Some color names do register as a color, but come out in black ink. I suppose this is a sub-category of #2. > [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Some of this is kinda cool. I will [del]steal[/del] appropriate. 😃 Appropriate away! ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/24 "2017-03-11T16:11:08Z")
Got anything on the '05 Series? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/25 "2017-03-12T05:26:12Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Got anything on the '05 Series? Say what? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/26 "2017-03-12T16:41:00Z")
Stats. That series was a good one. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2017, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/27 "2017-03-12T20:13:36Z")
There are some color names that web browsers recognize as names. Those come out about like you’d expect, like red and magenta. If a browser doesn’t recognize the name, though, then it tries to interpret it as a hexidecimal label. So if a word has any letters from A-F in it, it’ll show up as _something_. Thus, for instance, in cherry, the only letters which actually matter are the C and the E, with everything else interpreted as a 0. So you’d get the same result from C0E000 or czezzz. And since hex color labels are always six digits, you’d also get the same result from, say, cherriesandcreme, because the extra “digits” are truncated. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/28 "2017-03-12T20:36:34Z")
[Here’s a link](https://www.w3schools.com/colors/colors_names.asp) to a list of all the actually valid color names in HTML5.\* If you wonder where they came from: they are the 16 EGA colors that came from DOS, plus the colors most commonly mapped on Linux’s X11 window system. Plus all the grays are duplicated, one with “gray” and one with “grey.” Slight changes have been made when colors didn’t quite fit, but that’s the basics. (Even today, DarkGray is lighter than Gray.) \*The board technically uses XHTML 1.0 (the XML version of HTML 4.0), which didn’t technically define the colors, but HTML5 (with CSS) defines them, and that’s what browsers use today. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/29 "2017-03-13T05:18:51Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > There are some color names that web browsers recognize as names. Those come out about like you’d expect, like red and magenta. If a browser doesn’t recognize the name, though, then it tries to interpret it as a hexidecimal label. So if a word has any letters from A-F in it, it’ll show up as _something_. Thus, for instance, in cherry, the only letters which actually matter are the C and the E, with everything else interpreted as a 0. So you’d get the same result from C0E000 or czezzz. And since hex color labels are always six digits, you’d also get the same result from, say, cherriesandcreme, because the extra “digits” are truncated. Cool, thanks. You’re getting pretty geeky there, though. Actually I did try some hex, like WWWWW: color=#FFFFFF. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/30 "2017-03-13T05:21:29Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > [Here’s a link](https://www.w3schools.com/colors/colors_names.asp) to a list of all the actually valid color names in HTML5.\* > > If you wonder where they came from: they are the 16 EGA colors that came from DOS, plus the colors most commonly mapped on Linux’s X11 window system. Plus all the grays are duplicated, one with “gray” and one with “grey.” Slight changes have been made when colors didn’t quite fit, but that’s the basics. (Even today, DarkGray is lighter than Gray.) > > \*The board technically uses XHTML 1.0 (the XML version of HTML 4.0), which didn’t technically define the colors, but HTML5 (with CSS) defines them, and that’s what browsers use today. Thanks! Good to know. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2017, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/31 "2017-03-13T10:27:50Z")
And you don’t know how tempted I was to Stroop that post. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2017, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/32 "2017-03-13T10:56:53Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > And you don’t know how tempted I was to Stroop that post. Strooping already happened upthread: WWWWW ➤ ★ ● **GRAPE** WWWWW ➤ ★ ● **FLESH** WWWWW ➤ ★ ● **CHERRY** WWWWW ➤ ★ ● **CHESTNUT** ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/33 "2017-03-21T17:56:01Z")
- off to urban dictionary Stroop \* - NB: “urban dictionary” is a verb like Google \* Problem, and unfortunate usage subjective note: My first response to Stroop is of the military man in the [Stroop Report.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroop_Report) ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/34 "2017-03-21T18:23:10Z")
These posts are like a code from a crazy person that civilaztions millions of years from now will ponder upon. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/35 "2017-04-20T16:51:58Z")
Testing \\ chars – seen or not? Who Posted? Total Posts: 34,584 User Name – Posts Bullitt – 5,001 Elendil’s Heir – 4,285 ElvisL1ves – 3,149 RealityChuck – 2,286 Northern Piper – 1,941 Annie-Xmas – 1,549 jtur88 – 1,494 Sampiro – 1,455 Siam Sam – 1,339 Cunctator – 1,332 astorian – 1,241 Sternvogel – 981 ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/36 "2017-04-21T01:29:24Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > There are some color names that web browsers recognize as names. Those come out about like you’d expect, like red and magenta. If a browser doesn’t recognize the name, though, then it tries to interpret it as a hexidecimal label. So if a word has any letters from A-F in it, it’ll show up as _something_. Thus, for instance, in cherry, the only letters which actually matter are the C and the E, with everything else interpreted as a 0. So you’d get the same result from C0E000 or czezzz. And since hex color labels are always six digits, you’d also get the same result from, say, cherriesandcreme, because the extra “digits” are truncated. So why are Cherry and Chestnut different colors? In your explanation, Chestnut also gets interpreted as C0E000. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/37 "2017-04-21T12:32:16Z")
Hm, that’s a good question. All I can figure is that some browsers (including Firefox, apparetly) go beyond the standard color-name list and recognize that one, too. But I don’t think that’s quite the shade of brown that I’d call “chestnut”, which I thought was lighter. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2017, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/38 "2017-04-21T12:37:59Z")
Testing some other colors that might have been included by someone who would include chestnut Auburn (should be a slightly dark slightly-greenish yellow) Blond (should be a slightly dark purple) Hazel (should be close to black, but slightly greenish-yellow) Strawberry (should be close to black, but slightly greenish-blue) ---
**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:** [April 21, 2017, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/39 "2017-04-21T12:40:03Z")
OK, all of those come out about how I expected except for strawberry, which is much greener than it should be. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120/40 "2017-04-21T13:16:42Z")
If it matters, I posted #20 using Safari on an iPad. But that shouldn’t matter. What should matter is the browser being used to view the post. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread/729120.md?page=3)