Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words • Hacker News Board

Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words

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Post by karateka » Wed, Jun 08, 2022, 11:19 PM UTC

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

Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words

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Post by failTide » Wed, Jun 08, 2022, 11:23 PM UTC

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?

#CABB1E is kind of like a taxicab yellow

Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words

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Post by somishere » Wed, Jun 08, 2022, 11:24 PM UTC

tralarpa wrote: post #5

And also three-digit color codes, such as #BAD. And for non-hex colors, we have this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8318911/why-does-html-th...

#DEAD set (four with alpha)

Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words

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Post by samb1729 » Wed, Jun 08, 2022, 11:25 PM UTC

superb-owl wrote: post #2

You many want to consider a naughty words filter. https://github.com/LDNOOBW/List-of-Dirty-Naughty-Obscene-and...

Or better yet, they could ignore this suggestion entirely!

Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words

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Post by moron4hire » Wed, Jun 08, 2022, 11:28 PM UTC

bricemo wrote: post #42

moron4hire wrote: post #40

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Interesting. You consider it a waste of time. So this post from you must be an example of the sunk cost fallacy, as you throw good time after bad.

I have enjoyed this exchange about as much as the original link. Bravo

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Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words

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Post by soheil » Wed, Jun 08, 2022, 11:33 PM UTC

I wonder if there is another base other than 16 that would generate the most beautiful colors with most words.

Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words

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Post by jonstaab » Wed, Jun 08, 2022, 11:34 PM UTC

helsinki wrote: post #37

kwatsonafter wrote: post #6

This is the kind of quirky, brilliant link I crave from Hacker News. If I was near you creator, I would garland you and rub your feet.

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This is the kind of thing HN is for. That's not to say it's not also great at incubating overly-pedantic technocratic bikeshedding of computing minutiae, which has its place. Don't ever change, HN.

Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words

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Post by magneticnorth » Wed, Jun 08, 2022, 11:35 PM UTC

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?

A couple more I spotted:

#ACAC1A is a shade of green and Acacia is a type of tree.

#57061E (stogie) is dark brown, and a stogie is a cigar.

Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words

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Post by cecilpl2 » Wed, Jun 08, 2022, 11:39 PM UTC

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?

#C0A575 (coasts) is a sandy-brown beach color.

#6E0DE5 (geodes) definitely has that deep purple color you think of.

And my favorite, #5A6E57 (sagest) is about as close to the color sage as you can get.

Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words

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Post by jethro_tell » Wed, Jun 08, 2022, 11:43 PM UTC

hypertele-Xii wrote: post #43

helsinki wrote: post #37

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I think you're both right. It's a fun little page that doesn't actually serve any purpose, like... comedic art? The practical solutions to this opinion divide are to somehow categorize entries like this as [funny] or whatever so people can skip them informedly, or to simply accept that HN aggregates content that appeals to different minds.

Think you just created old reddit