Re: [css-color] Have you considered standardizing a rgba(#RRGGBB, <alpha-value>) notation?

On 10/05/2013 8:05 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:
> On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Sebastian Zartner
> <sebastianzartner@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I want to add one example:
>>
>> color(rgb(255, 69, 0), .5);
>
> Since this doesn't specify a channel for the second argument, it
> woudl be invalid.
>
>> Instead of having different functions for color effects like
>> changing the brightness like Lea said earlier, the color() function
>> could also do this:
>>
>> color(#ff4500, saturation - 20%);
 >> color(orangered, luminance 50%);
>>
>> Not sure if this approach is better than having different
>> functions, though.
>
> Yes, this is my preferred solution now.
>
> ~TJ

How does the below work with display devices that uses pixels that are a 
composite of red, green blue sub-pixels?

color(#ff4500, saturation - 20%);
color(orangered, luminance 50%);


Alan


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