Why does HTML think “chucknorris” is a color?

#1

Post by wgla » Thu, Sep 27, 2012, 4:16 PM UTC

Why does HTML think “chucknorris” is a color?
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Re: Why does HTML think “chucknorris” is a color?

#2

Post by flexxaeon » Thu, Sep 27, 2012, 5:32 PM UTC

Chuck->angry->blood->red. Not sure why this was even a question.

Re: Why does HTML think “chucknorris” is a color?

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Post by missechokit » Thu, Sep 27, 2012, 5:48 PM UTC

Wait, so is this a browser easter egg or just a result of parsing out non-hex characters?

Re: Why does HTML think “chucknorris” is a color?

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Post by flexxaeon » Thu, Sep 27, 2012, 6:06 PM UTC

missechokit wrote: post #3

Wait, so is this a browser easter egg or just a result of parsing out non-hex characters?

non-hex. #chuckn falls back to #c00c00

Re: Why does HTML think “chucknorris” is a color?

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Sep 27, 2012, 6:16 PM UTC

missechokit wrote: post #3

Wait, so is this a browser easter egg or just a result of parsing out non-hex characters?

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Re: Why does HTML think “chucknorris” is a color?

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Post by bitwize » Thu, Sep 27, 2012, 9:15 PM UTC

Because Chuck Norris invented the entire spectrum of visible light. Except pink. The color value "tomcruise" produces a particularly girly shade of pink.