I was surprised recently when I tried to really dial in the colors on my personal website, and found that I perceive and get a different feeling from a hex code change of only 1. I didn’t test whether it’s just me or whether this particular color makes it more visible, but I did test a few monitors, including a bad one. So, I get feeling some way about a specific hex code, if you spent longer picking it than we usually do.
I do, though, wonder what the idea behind assembling a centralized registry is. Is it about making a few favorite very specific colors easier to refer to? Browsing colors? Browsing ideas people have about what colors mean? What would the ideal ultimate form of this list include, every color? What’s the difference between a good name and a bad one?
I was surprised recently when I tried to really dial in the colors on my personal website, and found that I perceive and get a different feeling from a hex code change of only 1. I didn’t test whether it’s just me or whether this particular color makes it more visible, but I did test a few monitors, including a bad one. So, I get feeling some way about a specific hex code, if you spent longer picking it than we usually do.
I do, though, wonder what the idea behind assembling a centralized registry is. Is it about making a few favorite very specific colors easier to refer to? Browsing colors? Browsing ideas people have about what colors mean? What would the ideal ultimate form of this list include, every color? What’s the difference between a good name and a bad one?