- From: Philip Jägenstedt <philipj@opera.com>
- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 12:24:12 +0700
- To: Glenn Adams <glenn@skynav.com>
- Cc: Michael Borthwick <mb@michaelborthwick.com.au>, Silvia Pfeiffer <silviapfeiffer1@gmail.com>, David Singer <singer@apple.com>, "public-texttracks@w3.org" <public-texttracks@w3.org>
On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 12:16 PM, Glenn Adams <glenn@skynav.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 9:36 PM, Philip Jägenstedt <philipj@opera.com> > wrote: >> >> On Sat, Feb 21, 2015 at 7:10 AM, Michael Borthwick >> <mb@michaelborthwick.com.au> wrote: >> > On 08/04/2014, at 1:08 PM, Silvia Pfeiffer wrote: >> > >> >> Note: I've made the change to "lime" and updated the related text, see >> >> https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/text-tracks/rev/07a843b7f31d >> >> >> >> Please let me know if there are more changes necessary. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Silvia. >> > >> > >> > Dear list members, >> > >> > For those who are interested I have made the 22 minute video of my SMPTE >> > Australia 2013 talk regarding this issue available online with >> > appropriate >> > amendments to reflect the changes kindly made by Silvia last year to the >> > mapping of green into CSS lime. >> > >> > >> > http://michaelborthwick.com.au/closed_captioning_online_streaming_video_dfxp_webvtt.html >> >> Thanks Michael, this was a great talk! I'm not sure why, but I found >> the trouble with green and conflicting standards very amusing, a very >> familiar kind of problem. >> >> Since WebVTT doesn't have any dedicated syntax for colors it really >> comes down to the CSS that goes along with the captions, and of course >> any mapping specs. Unfortunately, I suspect you will not be the last >> to spend time looking for a suitable green color. > > > Haven't had a chance to watch yet, but from TTML: > > <named-color> > : ... > | "green" // #008000ff > | "lime" // #00ff00ff > | "olive" // #808000ff > > >> >> >> Did you ever hear back from the BBC about which the ultimate colors >> are? I doubt that #00FF00 is actually used on the Web, it's so bright! > > > Y = 0.299R + 0.587G + 0.114B Is this BBC green? Multiplying with 255 and rounding, that is rgb(76, 150, 29), assuming it's the same RGB colorspace of course... In any case, it's a lot nicer than #00FF00, and a bit brighter than #008000. Philip
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