Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-color] Resolution of system colors is defined in 2 places (#13450)

> > However, such colors must not be altered by 'forced colors mode'.

> @alisonmaher Do you recall the morivation for this?

Tried to find an old PR that might have had more context around this but came up short.

My guess is that this may be because we decided that in forced colors mode, we don't override a property if it is already set to a system color. So, for example, if an author sets `color: ButtonText` we won't override this to `color: CanvasText`. My read of the text is that this may allow us to preserve the author system color to ensure this is rule is maintained in forced colors mode.

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