in reply to Re: A way to validate a string as a color:
in thread Best way to validate a string as a color?

That's because rgb.txt contains a
shitload
of duplicates and probably system dependent variations. I complied with the list on Wikipedia I linked to.


holli

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Re^3: A way to validate a string as a color:
by afoken (Chancellor) on Oct 17, 2017 at 21:06 UTC

    Still, Slackware's rgb.txt defines 512 unique colors (and 270 dupes). The Xorg version is identical to the Slackware version.

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      In fact that file contains 162 distinct color names and 261 distinct color values.
      Also my hash doesn't include all the grays. But yes, more than in my list.
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      holli

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