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    Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
    I don't think that's true, but it might certainly be true that women might use a larger vocabulary of names for different colours than men do.
    Well actually geeks of both sexes routinely discuss about 16 million gradations of color, but ...
    Colours exist in a continuum, but our words have boundries, so there can never be enough words to cover all the colours we can perceive.
    but do do it, we have to use words like "0xefeffe". That's a word for my favorite background color.
    Ken Sallenger - apprentice kiltmaker, journeyman curmudgeon,
    gainfully unemployed systems programmer

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    Quote Originally Posted by fluter View Post
    we have to use words like "0xefeffe". That's a word for my favorite background color.
    Ouch! I don't think my eyes would appreciate looking at that shade for a background colour all day every day! It's nice, just a little too light for me.

    Guy in a Kilt -- I agree. Darker hose can get shadowed way too easily in indoor photos.
    elim

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