Template talk:Color chart X11

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Latest comment: 1 year ago by BrownBrun in topic a "few" suggested changes

Spacing & Layout

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Is there a programming reason for having this chart in three columns? It runs over the edge of the normal text area on article pages. Could it be narrowed to two columns like this? The order of the color groups could be arranged however they need to be. This would result in the chart being longer, but staying within the article margins. - Tim D. Williamson yak-yak 01:42, 5 February 2016 (UTC)Reply

@Timdwilliamson: Now that the template has survived a deletion attempt, it may make sense to put additional work into the formatting. To be mobile friendly, ideally the template should scale automatically to the width of the viewer's screen. That is, on a narrow screen (such as a cell phone) it should scale down to a single column, while showing more columns with higher resolutions and larger screens. I know this can be done, but I don't recall how to format it that way. I won't have time to work on it for a few more days, but if nobody has done anything with it before then, I'll try to find time on Sunday (2/28/16) to research that. Etamni | ✉   22:15, 26 February 2016 (UTC)Reply
It does need work. I've been out of town, and I've been working on some less technical pages. I'll get back to this one. Didn't know the columns could change sizes. - Tim D. Williamson yak-yak 05:23, 1 March 2016 (UTC)Reply

Recent formatting issues

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@Grapesoda22: Have you looked at the Template:X11 color chart since you edited it earlier this week? Two out of the three headers are messed up, spacing-wise, and any colors with long names, such as MediumSlateBlue, have been reduced to borders. Not very useful for a color chart. If someone is looking at the chart for color reference, it seems like it would be helpful for the color to have prominence. Otherwise, what is the point of a color reference chart? I assume that you're trying to make the color names and codes more readable. Not sure, as there was no Edit Summary explaining the change. I reverted the changes, and you simply undid the revert without addressing the issues I mentioned in my summary. Looking forward to discussing this. I feel like there's probably some happy medium here, between whatever you were trying to achieve and what seemed to be a perfectly good color chart, but serial reverts aren't going to get us there. Thanks for your time. - Tim D. Williamson yak-yak 01:32, 7 February 2016 (UTC)Reply

@Timdwilliamson:This was an attempt to make the page complaint with Wikipedia's AAA color restrictions. Grapesoda22 (talk) 04:04, 7 February 2016 (UTC)Reply
@Grapesoda22: okay, I can see that. Maybe we can come up with a compromise that retains the necessary contrast that still results in a useable color chart. Maybe if we separate the color codes and names from the swatch? Something like Template:Colornames? - Tim D. Williamson yak-yak 04:26, 8 February 2016 (UTC)Reply
I'd be willing to do the work, if you can help me with the markup. I have hours at night that I can edit Wikipedia, but I'm rusty on my markup. Took a three year break from design after my son was born. - Tim D. Williamson yak-yak 04:26, 8 February 2016 (UTC)Reply
@Timdwilliamson: Ok, lets do it. Grapesoda22 (talk) 00:46, 9 February 2016 (UTC)Reply

Formatting proposal

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At present the tables are formatted like:

Pink FF C0 CB 255 192 203

This makes it difficult to see the colour being referred to, especially with the longest names which completely take up the column. It would surely be more sensible to remove the {code} containers, and replace them with an equivalent ("font-family: monospaced;" should work, but doesn't on my browser) and set the "color" to whatever contrasts best with the "background" (i.e. white for background colours with a gamma less than 128 (see here), black for those with a gamma of 128 or higher). Then the tables would look like:

 Pink   FF C0 CB   255 192 203 
 Blue   00 00 FF     0   0 255 

I would have made this change myself, but as it's such a drastic one (and as the proposed substitute for the {code} container isnt working for me) I have thrown it out for discussion. — Korax1214 (talk) 16:21, 15 October 2017 (UTC)Reply

Maybe naming specific monospaced fonts, as well as "monospaced" to cover the possibility that the named fonts aren't installed? That is to say, "font-family: Andale Mono, Courier, monospaced;", with the result as below? — Korax1214 (talk) 08:58, 17 October 2017 (UTC)Reply
 Pink   FF C0 CB   255 192 203 
 Blue   00 00 FF     0   0 255 

Textcolours (black/white) versus Background colours. Proposal to restore the old layout of the colour table

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I used the (X11 color section of the) Webcolor page since many years as reference what text colour (black or white) is better readable for a certain background.


However, this major change

removed this extra information and broke in that way my "old" links (as a work-around I now link to the old version, but I don't like this).

Is someone of you supporting my proposal (here) to restore the old layout ?

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Wikinaut (talkcontribs) 15:36, 14 December 2017 (UTC)Reply

Spacing

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The Hex and Decimal columns are placed very closely and it’s hard to tell what column the bordering entries belong to. I recommend increasing the spacing or introducing separator(s) between the two columns. Idell (talk) 14:21, 4 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Idell for me there is a white separator between each row and each column. Do you not see them? It could be compatibility issue, since the separators are implemented in a deprecated way Walwal20 talkcontribs 18:42, 4 August 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Walwal20: I'm replying now as I didn't receive your ping; any idea why? The separators work fine on the desktop site but on the mobile version, they are not visible, each row's background is one solid colour, and those two particular columns are placed even closer together than others. Idell (talk) 19:15, 25 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
@Idell: You were not notified because Walwal20 made a mistake in their reply, and then corrected it; corrections like that will not trigger a notification. For a notification to work, the (valid) link to the recipient's user page and the (valid) signature of the sender must both be added in the same edit. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 09:59, 26 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
That’s right. I looked at the revision history for such a mistake but for some reason couldn’t spot the second edit. Idell (talk) 10:22, 26 October 2020 (UTC)Reply
Hi Idell and Redrose64, I'm really sorry for messing up the notifications. I remember that by that time I was learning about {{u}}, {{ping}} and notifications in general. I have fixed the discrepancy in display between desktop and mobile. There wasn't really a "problem", as the style was being left for the browser to decide, but now I am enforcing it display the borders. Personally, I preferred the look without the borders, or with borders only between rows (no white separator in the same row), but I'll wait for your opinions. Walwal20 talkcontribs 22:28, 28 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

Actually, placing borders just between rows does not address Idell's first concern, that it is hard to visually separate the hexadecimal from the RGB values. Here is how it is:

MediumVioletRed C7 15 85 199  21 133
DeepPink FF 14 93 255  20 147

Instead of borders, the spacing between Hex and RGB could be increased:

MediumVioletRed C7 15 85 199  21 133
DeepPink FF 14 93 255  20 147

Or make the borders thinner?

MediumVioletRed C7 15 85 199  21 133
DeepPink FF 14 93 255  20 147

Walwal20 talkcontribs 22:44, 28 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

a "few" suggested changes

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idk if the categories that the colours are placed in were actually decided by the css founders, but if not, here's my suggested chart

HTML name R G B
Hex Decimal
Pink and magenta colors
Thistle D8 BF D8 216 191 216
Plum DD A0 DD 221 160 221
Violet EE 82 EE 238 130 238
Magenta (Fuchsia) FF 00 FF 255   0 255
DarkMagenta 8B 00 8B 139   0 139
Purple 80 00 80 128   0 128
MediumVioletRed C7 15 85 199  21 133
DeepPink FF 14 93 255  20 147
PaleVioletRed DB 70 93 219 112 147
HotPink FF 69 B4 255 105 180
LightPink FF B6 C1 255 182 193
Pink FF C0 CB 255 192 203
LavenderBlush FF F0 F5 255 240 245
Red colors
Coral FF 7F 50 255 127  80
Tomato FF 63 47 255  99  71
OrangeRed FF 45 00 255  69   0
Red FF 00 00 255   0   0
Crimson DC 14 3C 220  20  60
Brown A5 2A 2A 165  42  42
Maroon 80 00 00 128   0   0
DarkRed 8B 00 00 139   0   0
Firebrick B2 22 22 178  34  34
IndianRed CD 5C 5C 205  92  92
RosyBrown BC 8F 8F 188 143 143
LightCoral F0 80 80 240 128 128
Salmon FA 80 72 250 128 114
DarkSalmon E9 96 7A 233 150 122
LightSalmon FF A0 7A 255 160 122
MistyRose FF E4 E1 255 228 225
Orange and brown colors
SaddleBrown 8B 45 13 139  69  19
Sienna A0 52 2D 160  82  45
Chocolate D2 69 1E 210 105  30
Peru CD 85 3F 205 133  63
DarkOrange FF 8C 00 255 140   0
SandyBrown F4 A4 60 244 164  96
Orange FF A5 00 255 165   0
Tan colors
Tan D2 B4 8C 210 180 140
Burlywood DE B8 87 222 184 135
Wheat F5 DE B3 245 222 179
NavajoWhite FF DE AD 255 222 173
PeachPuff FF DA B9 255 218 185
Moccasin FF E4 B5 255 228 181
Bisque FF E4 C4 255 228 196
BlanchedAlmond FF EB CD 255 235 205
AntiqueWhite FA EB D7 250 235 215
PapayaWhip FF EF D5 255 239 213
Linen FA F0 E6 250 240 230
OldLace FD F5 E6 253 245 230
FloralWhite FF FA F0 255 250 240
HTML name R G B
Hex Decimal
Yellow and beige colors
Yellow FF FF 00 255 255   0
Gold FF D7 00 255 215   0
Goldenrod DA A5 20 218 165  32
DarkGoldenrod B8 86 0B 184 134  11
Olive 80 80 00 128 128   0
DarkKhaki BD B7 6B 189 183 107
Khaki F0 E6 8C 240 230 140
PaleGoldenrod EE E8 AA 238 232 170
Beige F5 F5 DC 245 245 220
LemonChiffon FF FA CD 255 250 205
LightGoldenrodYellow FA FA D2 250 250 210
Cornsilk FF F8 DC 255 248 220
LightYellow FF FF E0 255 255 224
Ivory FF FF F0 255 255 240
Lime and yellow-green colors
LimeGreen 32 CD 32  50 205  50
YellowGreen 9A CD 32 154 205  50
Lime 00 FF 00   0 255   0
SpringGreen 00 FF 7F   0 255 127
MediumSpringGreen 00 FA 9A   0 250 154
LawnGreen 7C FC 00 124 252   0
Chartreuse 7F FF 00 127 255   0
LightGreen 90 EE 90 144 238 144
GreenYellow AD FF 2F 173 255  47
PaleGreen 98 FB 98 152 251 152
Honeydew F0 FF F0 240 255 240
MintCream F5 FF FA 245 255 250
Green colors
DarkGreen 00 64 00   0 100   0
Green 00 80 00   0 128   0
DarkOliveGreen 55 6B 2F  85 107  47
ForestGreen 22 8B 22  34 139  34
SeaGreen 2E 8B 57  46 139  87
OliveDrab 6B 8E 23 107 142  35
MediumSeaGreen 3C B3 71  60 179 113
DarkSeaGreen 8F BC 8F 143 188 143
MediumAquamarine 66 CD AA 102 205 170
Cyan colors
Teal 00 80 80   0 128 128
DarkCyan 00 8B 8B   0 139 139
CadetBlue 5F 9E A0  95 158 160
LightSeaGreen 20 B2 AA  32 178 170
DarkTurquoise 00 CE D1   0 206 209
MediumTurquoise 48 D1 CC  72 209 204
Turquoise 40 E0 D0  64 224 208
Cyan (Aqua) 00 FF FF   0 255 255
PaleTurquoise AF EE EE 175 238 238
Aquamarine 7F FF D4 127 255 212
LightCyan E0 FF FF 224 255 255
AliceBlue F0 F8 FF 240 248 255
Azure F0 FF FF 240 255 255
HTML name R G B
Hex Decimal
Blue and indigo colors
Indigo 4B 00 82  75   0 130
MidnightBlue 19 19 70  25  25 112
Navy 00 00 80   0   0 128
DarkBlue 00 00 8B   0   0 139
MediumBlue 00 00 CD   0   0 205
Blue 00 00 FF   0   0 255
SlateBlue 6A 5A CD 106  90 205
MediumSlateBlue 7B 68 EE 123 104 238
RoyalBlue 41 69 E1  65 105 225
SteelBlue 46 82 B4  70 130 180
DodgerBlue 1E 90 FF  30 144 255
DeepSkyBlue 00 BF FF   0 191 255
CornflowerBlue 64 95 ED 100 149 237
SkyBlue 87 CE EB 135 206 235
LightSkyBlue 87 CE FA 135 206 250
LightBlue AD D8 E6 173 216 230
PowderBlue B0 E0 E6 176 224 230
Violet colors
Orchid DA 70 D6 218 112 214
MediumOrchid BA 55 D3 186  85 211
DarkOrchid 99 32 CC 153  50 204
DarkViolet 94 00 D3 148   0 211
BlueViolet 8A 2B E2 138  43 226
MediumPurple 93 70 DB 147 112 219
Grayscale colors
Black 00 00 00   0   0   0
DimGray 69 69 69 105 105 105
Gray 80 80 80 128 128 128
DarkGray A9 A9 A9 169 169 169
Silver C0 C0 C0 192 192 192
LightGray D3 D3 D3 211 211 211
Gainsboro DC DC DC 220 220 220
WhiteSmoke F5 F5 F5 245 245 245
White FF FF FF 255 255 255
Desaturated colors
DarkSlateGray 2F 4F 4F  47  79  79
SlateGray 70 80 90 112 128 144
LightSlateGray 77 88 99 119 136 153
LightSteelBlue B0 C4 DE 176 196 222
Lavender E6 E6 FA 230 230 250
Seashell FF F5 EE 255 245 238
GhostWhite F8 F8 FF 248 248 255
Snow FF FA FA 255 250 250

and maybe make another column for the other colours:

HTML name R G B
Hex Decimal
Miscellaneous colors
ActiveText FF 00 00 255   0   0
Mark FF FF 00 255 255   0
Highlight B5 D5 FF 181 213 255
LinkText 00 00 EE   0   0 238
RebeccaPurple 66 33 99 102  51 153
VisitedText 55 1A 8B  85  26 139

tell me if you have any other suggestions! BrownBrun (talk) 17:01, 13 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

made 2 minor changes: changed the title and fixed cyan (aqua)'s name BrownBrun (talk) 17:06, 13 March 2023 (UTC)Reply