- From: Jon Ferraiolo <jferraio@adobe.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 10:05:57 -0700
- To: Wendell Piez <wapiez@mulberrytech.com>
- Cc: www-svg@w3.org
Wendell, The SVG 1.0 specification and CSS3 will both support a common but larger set of named color values. SVG 1.0 is now at Proposed Recommendation, so it looks like it will be the first specification to support the larger set of named color values. See http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/types.html#ColorKeywords. Jon At 04:50 PM 7/22/01 -0400, Wendell Piez wrote: >Hi folks, > >I have found language in the CSS2 spec >(http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/syndata.html#color-units) about named color >values (you know, our friends aqua, black, blue, fuchsia, gray, green >etc.), but observe that the tools I'm testing apparently support a bigger >set, the one that includes the more exotic gainsboro, lightpink and so >forth. Forgive my ignorance, but does HTML4.0 or CSS define this larger >set (and if so, where)? Having a complete list of this set with their >numeric values would be ideal. Are they a requirement for SVG support? > >BTW, great work getting to PR! > >Gratefully, >Wendell > > > >====================================================================== >Wendell Piez mailto:wapiez@mulberrytech.com >Mulberry Technologies, Inc. http://www.mulberrytech.com >17 West Jefferson Street Direct Phone: 301/315-9635 >Suite 207 Phone: 301/315-9631 >Rockville, MD 20850 Fax: 301/315-8285 >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in SGML and XML >======================================================================
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