On 18 Feb 2001, Johan Vromans wrote:
> [Quoting Robert Rothenberg, on February 17 2001, 15:46, in "Proposal:
> Graphics::"] > > I think a module which has common color names would be
> useful. The > initial version would return RGB codes for a given name.
>
> Not a bad idea, I would say.
> Is there some kind of agreed-upon standard for color names to
> coordinate mappings?
Names used in X-Windows. Also HTML/SVG standard names. And there
are names used in Windows (minor differences with HTML scheme).
> Will there be colour (note the 'u') alternative names for english
> speaking people?
I'm sympathetic to that for functions. It's a simple alias. But along that
lines we should have French, Spanish, German, and Chinese and various
sub-dialect names for functions. And it's awkward to have a
Graphics::ColorNames and separate Graphics::ColourNames module.
[See also a parellel thread about this on comp.lang.perl.modules.]
