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Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words

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Post by myrmidon »

dark-star wrote: post #53

So which of these actually spell the color they represent (or something closely related)? From a quick glance, I have no found any. Do color-words like that exist in other languages maybe?

#AC1D1C is red, just like its PH test- that was the most satisfying one to me at first glance.

Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words

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Post by IntrepidWorm »

langsoul-com wrote: post #117

Reminds me about when people had to generate a string of random characters but take anything out that's close to a slur. Forgot what the end result was, no vowels and numbers?

Yeah, it's a prime example of a sisyphean task. Language is too varied and fluid, and the internet is far too juvenile to be censored for any length of time (not a dig, but you try telling reddit they can't say slurs anymore).

Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words

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Post by IntrepidWorm »

yellowapple wrote: post #92
amelius wrote: post #17

7->T and 6->G is pushing it too far, imho.

But then how am I supposed to turn a slur like #FA6607 into a nice (might I say fruity ) shade of orange?

Well, we could be more careful about allowing #B16075 to design website palettes. :)

Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words

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Post by wodenokoto »

karateka wrote: post #61

I built something very similar a few years ago https://hex-colours.netlify.app/

Since yours hold a lot more uncommon words (by virtue of simply having many more words) a feature, if you are in the mood for updating, could be to sort by word frequency along with alphabetical sorting.

Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words

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Post by aasasd »

mbil wrote: post #88
dark-star wrote: post #53

So which of these actually spell the color they represent (or something closely related)? From a quick glance, I have no found any. Do color-words like that exist in other languages maybe?

Good question. I thought of an algorithm to find the hex word colors that most closely match the color they represent... Basically: get the color of the _word_ by doing an image search and extracting the dominant color from the first image result. Then compare that color to the hex color (in CIELAB color space) to get the color difference. Track the hex words with lowest difference. Here's a rough impl in Python: imp…

Alas, I'm gonna bet a lot of images are an object in the center and plenty of white or other background around it.

Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words

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Post by ufo »

sisk wrote: post #58
dark-star wrote: post #53

So which of these actually spell the color they represent (or something closely related)? From a quick glance, I have no found any. Do color-words like that exist in other languages maybe?

#B00B00 (dark red) was my favorite

Great color for errors!

Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words

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Post by avgcorrection »

hypertele-Xii wrote: post #45
collegeburner wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah B16B00B5 and CAFEBABE are 2 of my favorite funnier ones Ive used a bunch of times. They make for more interesting placeholder values than "foo" and "bar" anyway.

Without commenting on the reasonability of it, you may want to be aware that a growing population of vegetarian and female tech workers may find these offensive.

Dead beef is offensive (potentially) how?
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