- From: Tobias Reif <tobiasreif@pinkjuice.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 17:50:25 +0200
- To: www-svg@w3.org
[ re http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-svg/2002May/0074.html ] Hi A systematic color naming scheme, where hue, saturation, and lightness each have short lists whose keywords can be combined, offers many advantages: A reasonable number of evenly distributed hues increases the chance that the designer finds the right one. Adjective saturation and lightness keywords as optional modifying prefixes offer a systematic way of finding the right color without memorizing or consulting huge tables. The combinatory nature of the system drastically decreases the number of keywords, and the size of lookup tables; this is good for designers and implementers. No table is required to list all values. They can be calculated by the implementation, since the system is consistent; a dark red has the same lightness as a dark green, and a grayish yellow has the same saturation as a grayish orange. The resulting sentences, based on a simple system, are more expressive than long keywords which are based on history, folklore, and flowers. This increase in semantic value and clarity aids accessibility, and maintainability, and makes it easier to use for the designer. AFAICS, something like the color naming scheme described in http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/1996Feb/0006.html looks very promising (although I think there should be some more hues). Tobi -- http://www.pinkjuice.com/
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