Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-color] Should whitepoint and other canonical values be listed in the code section? (#6618)

> I think the code samples in CSS4 are intended as "examples" only and not as normative, and in fact, says just that:
> ...
> My initial post was not meant to say "this should be the absolute standard" so much as to ask "should we be consistent and also provide a canonical touch stone using the latest standard values" etc.

Yes, and I do understand that, and you are right that it does state that `This section is not normative`. The spec spends time at least defining the predefined colors spaces and then showing examples, and it seems implied, that at the very least, the examples would mirror the same predefined spaces and their properties, even if implementors are free to use whatever color profiles that they need or want at a given time.

> My initial post was not meant to say "this should be the absolute standard" so much as to ask "should we be consistent and also provide a canonical touchstone using the latest standard values" etc.

I do agree that at the very least, it should be consistent with itself. Or at least be more explicit at times. Like if the examples not only stated `This section is not normative`, but also stated what xy values were used, it would at least be more clear what was being shown.


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