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    Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
    An interesting thing is the way that different languages and dialects often draw the line between colour-names in different places along the spectrum.
    And for heaven's sake, don't get us started on "khaki" (he said grinning mischievously and rolling his eyes heavenward).
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    So for reference here is what we here would generally call

    Left: "brown"
    Centre: "taupe" "brown-gray" "warm gray" (or even "gray" by some)
    Right: "gray" (it looks more bluish than it is due to context)



    About "cool gray" and "warm gray" here's a nice chart

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    Quote Originally Posted by Father Bill View Post
    And for heaven's sake, don't get us started on "khaki" (he said grinning mischievously and rolling his eyes heavenward).
    Or "yellow"
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    Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
    Or "yellow"
    At the end of the day just give me a hexidecimal code and be done with it

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