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		tshaddox on April 13, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Colornames.org – A collaborative effort to name al... Yep, in fact, that’s exactly what those hex codes are: a specification for how much red, how much green, and how much blue is in the color (though our vision and color perception may not map linearly to that specification).

eru on April 14, 2020 [–]

Sort-of. My aim was to suggest looking at natural clusters of similar shades.

You can map those clusters into RGB space. Or other colour spaces.

Technically you are correct, but I don't think that's what the colour-namers are going for.

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