Re: CSS 3 color module and deprecation of "system" colors

Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
>> OK.  Then please define "system default" as I requested.
> 
> Operating system default colours.

Default colors of what?  Even on Windows, there are all sorts if "defaults". 
For example, right now in Word I see at least two sets of "defaults" -- the 
menus (black on gray) and the document I'm editing (black on white).  The same 
happens in all sorts of other applications.

> nonetheless any OS would presumably have a certain set of standard 
> colours such as basic foreground/background combinations for a document,

Note that CSS2 does not provide this.

> a highlighted piece of text

Highlighted in what way?  The appearance may depend on the purpose of the 
highlighting, for example...

-Boris