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Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words

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Post by goldenkey » Thu, Jun 09, 2022, 1:21 AM UTC

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.

I'm pretty sure both women and men love big boobs and big dicks...

Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words

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Post by yellowapple » Thu, Jun 09, 2022, 1:29 AM UTC

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?

Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words

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Post by bee_rider » Thu, Jun 09, 2022, 1:31 AM UTC

failTide wrote: post #7

superb-owl wrote: post #2

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

I understand a lot of those, but why is "beaver cleaver" on the list? I could see how it might be used in a dirty way, but that can't be the most common way it's used, right?

The "dirty" use seems pretty silly (sounds like something out of a crass 80's movie or something), but I can't really imagine using it in a non-dirty manner either. I mean I know people have hunted and trapped beavers, but when the capture them they don't just, like, thwack them with a giant cleaver, right? Would ruin the pelt if nothing else.

Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words

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Post by swid » Thu, Jun 09, 2022, 1:33 AM 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?

How many colors do you typically identify or would be willing to accept? Somewhere between 10 and 25 would be sufficient… not every word will have a color association, but many will have more than one.

I think you need to be pretty strict to not find a match after 50 words.

Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words

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Post by bee_rider » Thu, Jun 09, 2022, 1:34 AM 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?

Kind of a stretch, but #B05535 (bosses) and #BE57ED (bested) are both sort of purplish colors that looter games like Borderlands sometimes use for "pretty rare, but not unique" items (which would typically be dropped by a boss monsters when you defeat them).

Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words

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Post by gpt5 » Thu, Jun 09, 2022, 1:37 AM UTC

karateka wrote: post #61

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

You mean identical? Seems like OP likely got inspired by your page :)

Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words

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Post by c22 » Thu, Jun 09, 2022, 2:01 AM UTC

I'm gonna start using #ACCE55 to indicate successful login and #B00B00 on failure.

Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words

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Post by SamBam » Thu, Jun 09, 2022, 2:06 AM 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?

#D0661E - a nice brown doggie.

#CA771E - brown cattle.

#C10ACA - a purple cloaca.

#C017A1 - coital, similarly purplish pink.

Lots of blues and greens starting with #5EA... (Sea...). #5EABED (Seabed), #5EABEE (Seabee), #5EAD06 (Seadog) and #5EA by itself.

(I used https://hex-colours.netlify.app/, which looks like it was the original from another comment, and allows you to search pieces of words.)

Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words

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Post by havblue » Thu, Jun 09, 2022, 2:08 AM UTC

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.

You might get a pass on #cafebabe if your local baristas don't speak 1337.

Re: Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words

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Post by davchana » Thu, Jun 09, 2022, 2:19 AM 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?

Similar things in a number's value v/s its number of characters I think is called True Number, & only 4 is a true number like 4 value & FOUR has exact 4 letters.