# Testing colors...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-colors/225076>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [January 18, 2004, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-colors/225076 "2004-01-18T07:49:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 14\
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**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:** [January 18, 2004, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-colors/225076/1 "2004-01-18T07:49:16Z")

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**black**  
**sienna**  
**dark olive green**  
**dark green**  
**dark slate blue**  
**navy**  
**indigo**  
**dark slate gray**  
**dark red**  
**dark orange**  
**olive**  
**green**  
**teal**  
**blue**  
**slate gray**  
**dim gray**  
**red**  
**sandy brown**  
**yellow green**  
**sea green**  
**medium turquoise**  
**royal blue**  
**purple**  
**gray**  
**magenta**  
**orange**  
**yellow**  
**lime**  
**cyan**  
**deep sky blue**  
**dark orchid**  
**silver**  
**pink**  
**wheat**  
**lemon chiffon**  
**pale green**  
**pale turquoise**  
**light blue**  
**plum**  
**white**

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**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:** [January 18, 2004, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-colors/225076/2 "2004-01-18T07:53:06Z")

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-colors/225076/3 "2004-01-18T10:28:40Z")

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Testing the borrowing of someone else’s hard work with code and then using MS Word’s find/replace feature to modify it in seconds 🙂

**[sub]black[/sub]**  
 **[sub]sienna[/sub]**  
 **[sub]dark olive green[/sub]**  
 **[sub]dark green[/sub]**  
 **[sub]dark slate blue[/sub]**  
 **[sub]navy[/sub]**  
 **[sub]indigo[/sub]**  
 **[sub]dark slate gray[/sub]**  
 **[sub]dark red[/sub]**  
 **[sub]dark orange[/sub]**  
 **[sub]olive[/sub]**  
 **[sub]green[/sub]**  
 **[sub]teal[/sub]**  
 **[sub]blue[/sub]**  
 **[sub]slate gray[/sub]**  
 **[sub]dim gray[/sub]**  
 **[sub]red[/sub]**  
 **[sub]sandy brown[/sub]**  
 **[sub]yellow green[/sub]**  
 **[sub]sea green[/sub]**  
 **[sub]medium turquoise[/sub]**  
 **[sub]royal blue[/sub]**  
 **[sub]purple[/sub]**  
 **[sub]gray[/sub]**  
 **[sub]magenta[/sub]**  
 **[sub]orange[/sub]**  
 **[sub]yellow[/sub]**  
 **[sub]lime[/sub]**  
 **[sub]cyan[/sub]**  
 **[sub]deep sky blue[/sub]**  
 **[sub]dark orchid[/sub]**  
 **[sub]silver[/sub]**  
 **[sub]pink[/sub]**  
 **[sub]wheat[/sub]**  
 **[sub]lemon chiffon[/sub]**  
 **[sub]pale green[/sub]**  
 **[sub]pale turquoise[/sub]**  
 **[sub]light blue[/sub]**  
 **[sub]plum[/sub]**  
 **[sub]white[/sub]**  
Now testing using the same feature of word to ‘disable’ the code…

**[sub]black[/sub]**  
 **[sub]sienna[/sub]**  
 **[sub]dark olive green[/sub]**  
 **[sub]dark green[/sub]**  
 **[sub]dark slate blue[/sub]**  
 **[sub]navy[/sub]**  
 **[sub]indigo[/sub]**  
 **[sub]dark slate gray[/sub]**  
 **[sub]dark red[/sub]**  
 **[sub]dark orange[/sub]**  
 **[sub]olive[/sub]**  
 **[sub]green[/sub]**  
 **[sub]teal[/sub]**  
 **[sub]blue[/sub]**  
 **[sub]slate gray[/sub]**  
 **[sub]dim gray[/sub]**  
 **[sub]red[/sub]**  
 **[sub]sandy brown[/sub]**  
 **[sub]yellow green[/sub]**  
 **[sub]sea green[/sub]**  
 **[sub]medium turquoise[/sub]**  
 **[sub]royal blue[/sub]**  
 **[sub]purple[/sub]**  
 **[sub]gray[/sub]**  
 **[sub]magenta[/sub]**  
 **[sub]orange[/sub]**  
 **[sub]yellow[/sub]**  
 **[sub]lime[/sub]**  
 **[sub]cyan[/sub]**  
 **[sub]deep sky blue[/sub]**  
 **[sub]dark orchid[/sub]**  
 **[sub]silver[/sub]**  
 **[sub]pink[/sub]**  
 **[sub]wheat[/sub]**  
 **[sub]lemon chiffon[/sub]**  
 **[sub]pale green[/sub]**  
 **[sub]pale turquoise[/sub]**  
 **[sub]light blue[/sub]**  
 **[sub]plum[/sub]**  
 **[sub]white[/sub]**

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-colors/225076/4 "2004-01-18T10:34:05Z")

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Now that _is_ weird. In preview the code was disabled successfully. Then my browser crashed while it was submitting. Then it re-activated the code on the submit.

Here is the disabled code again…

**[sub]black[/sub]**  
 **[sub]sienna[/sub]**  
 **[sub]dark olive green[/sub]**  
 **[sub]dark green[/sub]**  
 **[sub]dark slate blue[/sub]**  
 **[sub]navy[/sub]**  
 **[sub]indigo[/sub]**  
 **[sub]dark slate gray[/sub]**  
 **[sub]dark red[/sub]**  
 **[sub]dark orange[/sub]**  
 **[sub]olive[/sub]**  
 **[sub]green[/sub]**  
 **[sub]teal[/sub]**  
 **[sub]blue[/sub]**  
 **[sub]slate gray[/sub]**  
 **[sub]dim gray[/sub]**  
 **[sub]red[/sub]**  
 **[sub]sandy brown[/sub]**  
 **[sub]yellow green[/sub]**  
 **[sub]sea green[/sub]**  
 **[sub]medium turquoise[/sub]**  
 **[sub]royal blue[/sub]**  
 **[sub]purple[/sub]**  
 **[sub]gray[/sub]**  
 **[sub]magenta[/sub]**  
 **[sub]orange[/sub]**  
 **[sub]yellow[/sub]**  
 **[sub]lime[/sub]**  
 **[sub]cyan[/sub]**  
 **[sub]deep sky blue[/sub]**  
 **[sub]dark orchid[/sub]**  
 **[sub]silver[/sub]**  
 **[sub]pink[/sub]**  
 **[sub]wheat[/sub]**  
 **[sub]lemon chiffon[/sub]**  
 **[sub]pale green[/sub]**  
 **[sub]pale turquoise[/sub]**  
 **[sub]light blue[/sub]**  
 **[sub]plum[/sub]**  
 **[sub]white[/sub]**

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2004, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-colors/225076/5 "2004-01-18T10:36:10Z")

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P.S. **Flamsterette\_X** You only needed to do the bold and size code once, at the top and bottom of your colours. Was it an automatic coding?

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**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:** [January 25, 2004, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-colors/225076/6 "2004-01-25T04:04:37Z")

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Oh, I did it that way on purpose. But normally, I’d only do it the once.

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**Author:** ![Zigarre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/bbce88/32.png) [@Zigarre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zigarre)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-colors/225076/7 "2004-01-26T22:57:35Z")

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**bold**  
_italic_  
underline  
and  
and  
[right]and[/right]  
mistake  
**Text  
Text  
Text  
Text  
Text  
Text  
Text  
Text  
Text  
Text  
Text**

[size=1]Text[/size=1]  
[size=2]Text[/size=2]  
[size=3]Text[/size=3]  
[size=4]Text[/size=4]  
[size=5]Text[/size=5]  
[size=6]Text[/size=6]  
[list=a]  
a. and b.and  
c.and  
and[/list]  
[li] \*and [/li]\*and  
\*and  
_and [/_]  
[ol]  
1and  
2and  
3and  
4and  
[/ol]

```auto

 and 
and

```

.

> [@](#):
>
> and

.

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**Author:** ![Zigarre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/bbce88/32.png) [@Zigarre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zigarre)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2004, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-colors/225076/8 "2004-01-26T23:47:37Z")

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**bold**  
\*\*Text

Text

Text  
Text  
Text  
Text  
Text  
Text  
Text  
_[right]Text  
Text_\*[/right]\*  
_Text  
Text  
Text  
Text  
Text  
Text  
Text  
Text  
Text  
 [right]Text  
Text[/right]_

```auto

Text 
Text 
Text 
Text 
Text 
Text
Text

```

[right]DO NOT MOVE SLIDER[/right]  
[list=a]  
a. irst  
b. second  
c. third  
d. fourth  
e. fifth[/list]

[ol]  
1 first  
2 second  
3 third  
4 fourth  
5 fifth[/ol]

[list=]  
maybe  
maybe not  
and the  
answer is[/list]

[hide]didn’t think so[/hide]\<\<–?

[right]talk about nit picking[/right]

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**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:** [January 27, 2004, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-colors/225076/9 "2004-01-27T22:38:28Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> [hide]didn’t think so[/hide]\<\<–?

I think that what you’re trying to do is the spoiler tag. For instance,

The butler did it

becomes

The butler did it

And the scrolling code tags is new by me. It seems like that might make ASCII diagrams a bit more difficult.

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-colors/225076/10 "2004-01-28T00:58:17Z")

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Hello. Don’t mind me

Press quote to see what I was testing.

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2004, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-colors/225076/11 "2004-01-28T01:02:18Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
>
> The butler did it
> 
> becomes
> 
> The butler did it

So, no change then.

> [@Chronos](#):
>
> And the scrolling code tags is new by me. It seems like that might make ASCII diagrams a bit more difficult.

scrolling code tags?

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**Author:** ![Zigarre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/bbce88/32.png) [@Zigarre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zigarre)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-colors/225076/12 "2004-01-31T22:54:08Z")

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Thanks Chronos, I was wondering about that.

I tried this a not long ago and the board went down when I hit preview. Sure hope it wasn’t me

```auto

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

```

Here is the scrolling tag.  
(code)(center)1(/center)  
(center)1(/center)  
(center)2(/center)  
(center)3(/center)  
(center)4(/center)  
(center)5(/center)  
(center)6(/center)  
(center)7(/center)  
(center)8(/center)(/code) With appropriate change ( )to Sq. Bkts

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-colors/225076/13 "2004-02-01T00:56:41Z")

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FF0000  
00FF00  
0000FF

000000  
FFFFFF \<-FFFFFF

00FFFF  
FF00FF  
FFFF00  
A greyscale:  
EEEEEE  
DDDDDD  
CCCCCC  
BBBBBB  
AAAAAA  
999999  
888888  
777777  
666666  
555555  
444444  
333333  
222222  
111111  
000000

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-colors/225076/14 "2004-02-01T04:08:45Z")

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