- From: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:25:17 -0700
- To: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Cc: Andrew Fedoniouk <news@terrainformatica.com>, www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
On Aug 14, 2009, at 6:38 AM, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 10:59 PM, Andrew > Fedoniouk<news@terrainformatica.com> wrote: >> Drawing in CSS uses two layers for background drawing: color layer >> and image layer on top of it. So is my question. > > The layers are irrelevant. Conceptually and realistically colors are > substantially different from images. You have no control over colors > beyond just specifying them - they fill whatever you're doing. A > gradient is an image. We did earier discuss the idea of using gradients as a type of color, so it could be used anywhere color values are used. But we decided against, because there were just too many places where it wouldn't work.
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