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NAMEColor::Library::Dictionary::VACCC - (VACCC) VisiBone Anglo-Centric Color CodeDESCRIPTIONVisiBone Anglo-Centric Color Code<http://www.visibone.com/vaccc/> Peter Hamer correctly points out that this naming scheme should not be confused with names given to spectral colors, such as those that follow the mnemonic "Roy G. Biv": Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet. The distinction is between the physical nature of light and the human perception of if. Humans can't distinguish yellow light from a mixture of red and green light. That's due to the color detection mechanism of the human eye. The "cones" on the surface of the retina respond differentially to red, green and blue light. (The "rods" on the other hand are very sensitive to the brightness of light but can't distinguish hues.) So computer phosphors don't attempt to transmit yellow light at all. They simulate it by transmitting both red and green. At least humans can be fooled in this way. There's much more to light than the human eye can measure. Besides the fact that visible light is a narrow subset of all the light coming from the sun, there a whole dimension in the variation of frequency and amplitude to which the eye is "tone deaf". This dimension is important to astronomers and chemists. Their instruments measure aspects of light that can reveal, for example, the composition of a star as well as that of a material found at a crime scene. Only when light is "for eyes only," your's or anyone's, can we simplify theory and measurement to varying quantities of red, green and blue. (Ever use a magnifying glass on your computer screen to see the little dots? Watch that eyestrain! Didn't I say a magnfying glass?!) So the physics of color and the perception of color are different disciplines. Another interesting distinction, "hues" on a computer monitor as well as in the mind of a user, follow a circular series, as named above in the hue list. Magenta and Pink are as close to each other in perception as Green and Teal. But the physics of light is linear, a spectrum. Violet in the color spectrum is the furthest thing from Red. With real light, there's no such thing as magenta. The eye, when the red and blue cones are stimulated "sees" magenta, but it doesn't correspond to any frequency of light, the way most other hues do. Incidentally, the distinction between Red, Green, Blue (RGB) and Cyan, Magenta, Yellow (CMY or CMYK when Black is added to the mix) is purely tactical. Printers use light-absorbing ink and computer monitors use light-transmitting phosphors. The perfect cyan ink would completely absorb red light and be completely transparent to green and blue. The tactic of mixing cyan and yellow ink to get green is backwards from mixing red and green light to get yellow. But the strategy is the same: fooling human eyeballs by manipulating the red, green and blue light that ultimately hits the retina. COLORSAzure-Azure-Blue azureazureblue #0066ff Azure-Azure-Cyan azureazurecyan #0099ff Black black #000000 Blue blue #0000ff Blue-Blue-Azure blueblueazure #0033ff Blue-Blue-Violet blueblueviolet #3300ff Cyan cyan #00ffff Cyan-Cyan-Azure cyancyanazure #00ccff Cyan-Cyan-Teal cyancyanteal #00ffcc Dark Azure-Blue darkazureblue #003399 Dark Azure-Cyan darkazurecyan #006699 Dark Blue-Azure darkblueazure #0033cc Dark Blue-Violet darkblueviolet #3300cc Dark Cyan-Azure darkcyanazure #0099cc Dark Cyan-Teal darkcyanteal #00cc99 Dark Dull Azure darkdullazure #336699 Dark Dull Blue darkdullblue #333399 Dark Dull Cyan darkdullcyan #339999 Dark Dull Green darkdullgreen #339933 Dark Dull Magenta darkdullmagenta #993399 Dark Dull Orange darkdullorange #996633 Dark Dull Pink darkdullpink #993366 Dark Dull Red darkdullred #993333 Dark Dull Spring darkdullspring #669933 Dark Dull Teal darkdullteal #339966 Dark Dull Violet darkdullviolet #663399 Dark Dull Yellow darkdullyellow #999933 Dark Faded Blue darkfadedblue #000099 Dark Faded Cyan darkfadedcyan #009999 Dark Faded Green darkfadedgreen #009900 Dark Faded Magenta darkfadedmagenta #990099 Dark Faded Red darkfadedred #990000 Dark Faded Yellow darkfadedyellow #999900 Dark Gray darkgray #666666 Dark Green-Spring darkgreenspring #33cc00 Dark Green-Teal darkgreenteal #00cc33 Dark Hard Azure darkhardazure #0066cc Dark Hard Blue darkhardblue #0000cc Dark Hard Cyan darkhardcyan #00cccc Dark Hard Green darkhardgreen #00cc00 Dark Hard Magenta darkhardmagenta #cc00cc Dark Hard Orange darkhardorange #cc6600 Dark Hard Pink darkhardpink #cc0066 Dark Hard Red darkhardred #cc0000 Dark Hard Spring darkhardspring #66cc00 Dark Hard Teal darkhardteal #00cc66 Dark Hard Violet darkhardviolet #6600cc Dark Hard Yellow darkhardyellow #cccc00 Dark Magenta-Pink darkmagentapink #cc0099 Dark Magenta-Violet darkmagentaviolet #9900cc Dark Orange-Red darkorangered #993300 Dark Orange-Yellow darkorangeyellow #996600 Dark Pink-Magenta darkpinkmagenta #990066 Dark Pink-Red darkpinkred #990033 Dark Red-Orange darkredorange #cc3300 Dark Red-Pink darkredpink #cc0033 Dark Spring-Green darkspringgreen #339900 Dark Spring-Yellow darkspringyellow #669900 Dark Teal-Cyan darktealcyan #009966 Dark Teal-Green darktealgreen #009933 Dark Violet-Blue darkvioletblue #330099 Dark Violet-Magenta darkvioletmagenta #660099 Dark Weak Blue darkweakblue #333366 Dark Weak Cyan darkweakcyan #336666 Dark Weak Green darkweakgreen #336633 Dark Weak Magenta darkweakmagenta #663366 Dark Weak Red darkweakred #663333 Dark Weak Yellow darkweakyellow #666633 Dark Yellow-Orange darkyelloworange #cc9900 Dark Yellow-Spring darkyellowspring #99cc00 Green green #00ff00 Green-Green-Spring greengreenspring #33ff00 Green-Green-Teal greengreenteal #00ff33 Light Azure-Blue lightazureblue #6699ff Light Azure-Cyan lightazurecyan #66ccff Light Blue-Azure lightblueazure #3366ff Light Blue-Violet lightblueviolet #6633ff Light Cyan-Azure lightcyanazure #33ccff Light Cyan-Teal lightcyanteal #33ffcc Light Dull Azure lightdullazure #6699cc Light Dull Blue lightdullblue #6666cc Light Dull Cyan lightdullcyan #66cccc Light Dull Green lightdullgreen #66cc66 Light Dull Magenta lightdullmagenta #cc66cc Light Dull Orange lightdullorange #cc9966 Light Dull Pink lightdullpink #cc6699 Light Dull Red lightdullred #cc6666 Light Dull Spring lightdullspring #99cc66 Light Dull Teal lightdullteal #66cc99 Light Dull Violet lightdullviolet #9966cc Light Dull Yellow lightdullyellow #cccc66 Light Faded Blue lightfadedblue #6666ff Light Faded Cyan lightfadedcyan #66ffff Light Faded Green lightfadedgreen #66ff66 Light Faded Magenta lightfadedmagenta #ff66ff Light Faded Red lightfadedred #ff6666 Light Faded Yellow lightfadedyellow #ffff66 Light Gray lightgray #999999 Light Green-Spring lightgreenspring #66ff33 Light Green-Teal lightgreenteal #33ff66 Light Hard Azure lighthardazure #3399ff Light Hard Blue lighthardblue #3333ff Light Hard Cyan lighthardcyan #33ffff Light Hard Green lighthardgreen #33ff33 Light Hard Magenta lighthardmagenta #ff33ff Light Hard Orange lighthardorange #ff9933 Light Hard Pink lighthardpink #ff3399 Light Hard Red lighthardred #ff3333 Light Hard Spring lighthardspring #99ff33 Light Hard Teal lighthardteal #33ff99 Light Hard Violet lighthardviolet #9933ff Light Hard Yellow lighthardyellow #ffff33 Light Magenta-Pink lightmagentapink #ff33cc Light Magenta-Violet lightmagentaviolet #cc33ff Light Orange-Red lightorangered #ff9966 Light Orange-Yellow lightorangeyellow #ffcc66 Light Pink-Magenta lightpinkmagenta #ff66cc Light Pink-Red lightpinkred #ff6699 Light Red-Orange lightredorange #ff6633 Light Red-Pink lightredpink #ff3366 Light Spring-Green lightspringgreen #99ff66 Light Spring-Yellow lightspringyellow #ccff66 Light Teal-Cyan lighttealcyan #66ffcc Light Teal-Green lighttealgreen #66ff99 Light Violet-Blue lightvioletblue #9966ff Light Violet-Magenta lightvioletmagenta #cc66ff Light Weak Blue lightweakblue #9999cc Light Weak Cyan lightweakcyan #99cccc Light Weak Green lightweakgreen #99cc99 Light Weak Magenta lightweakmagenta #cc99cc Light Weak Red lightweakred #cc9999 Light Weak Yellow lightweakyellow #cccc99 Light Yellow-Orange lightyelloworange #ffcc33 Light Yellow-Spring lightyellowspring #ccff33 Magenta magenta #ff00ff Magenta-Magenta-Pink magentamagentapink #ff00cc Magenta-Magenta-Violet magentamagentaviolet #cc00ff Medium Azure-Blue mediumazureblue #3366cc Medium Azure-Cyan mediumazurecyan #3399cc Medium Faded Blue mediumfadedblue #3333cc Medium Faded Cyan mediumfadedcyan #33cccc Medium Faded Green mediumfadedgreen #33cc33 Medium Faded Magenta mediumfadedmagenta #cc33cc Medium Faded Red mediumfadedred #cc3333 Medium Faded Yellow mediumfadedyellow #cccc33 Medium Orange-Red mediumorangered #cc6633 Medium Orange-Yellow mediumorangeyellow #cc9933 Medium Pink-Magenta mediumpinkmagenta #cc3399 Medium Pink-Red mediumpinkred #cc3366 Medium Spring-Green mediumspringgreen #66cc33 Medium Spring-Yellow mediumspringyellow #99cc33 Medium Teal-Cyan mediumtealcyan #33cc99 Medium Teal-Green mediumtealgreen #33cc66 Medium Violet-Blue mediumvioletblue #6633cc Medium Violet-Magenta mediumvioletmagenta #9933cc Medium Weak Blue mediumweakblue #666699 Medium Weak Cyan mediumweakcyan #669999 Medium Weak Green mediumweakgreen #669966 Medium Weak Magenta mediumweakmagenta #996699 Medium Weak Red mediumweakred #996666 Medium Weak Yellow mediumweakyellow #999966 Obscure Dull Azure obscuredullazure #003366 Obscure Dull Blue obscuredullblue #000066 Obscure Dull Cyan obscuredullcyan #006666 Obscure Dull Green obscuredullgreen #006600 Obscure Dull Magenta obscuredullmagenta #660066 Obscure Dull Orange obscuredullorange #663300 Obscure Dull Pink obscuredullpink #660033 Obscure Dull Red obscuredullred #660000 Obscure Dull Spring obscuredullspring #336600 Obscure Dull Teal obscuredullteal #006633 Obscure Dull Violet obscuredullviolet #330066 Obscure Dull Yellow obscuredullyellow #666600 Obscure Gray obscuregray #333333 Obscure Weak Blue obscureweakblue #000033 Obscure Weak Cyan obscureweakcyan #003333 Obscure Weak Green obscureweakgreen #003300 Obscure Weak Magenta obscureweakmagenta #330033 Obscure Weak Red obscureweakred #330000 Obscure Weak Yellow obscureweakyellow #333300 Orange-Orange-Red orangeorangered #ff6600 Orange-Orange-Yellow orangeorangeyellow #ff9900 Pale Dull Azure paledullazure #99ccff Pale Dull Blue paledullblue #9999ff Pale Dull Cyan paledullcyan #99ffff Pale Dull Green paledullgreen #99ff99 Pale Dull Magenta paledullmagenta #ff99ff Pale Dull Orange paledullorange #ffcc99 Pale Dull Pink paledullpink #ff99cc Pale Dull Red paledullred #ff9999 Pale Dull Spring paledullspring #ccff99 Pale Dull Teal paledullteal #99ffcc Pale Dull Violet paledullviolet #cc99ff Pale Dull Yellow paledullyellow #ffff99 Pale Gray palegray #cccccc Pale Weak Blue paleweakblue #ccccff Pale Weak Cyan paleweakcyan #ccffff Pale Weak Green paleweakgreen #ccffcc Pale Weak Magenta paleweakmagenta #ffccff Pale Weak Red paleweakred #ffcccc Pale Weak Yellow paleweakyellow #ffffcc Pink-Pink-Magenta pinkpinkmagenta #ff0099 Pink-Pink-Red pinkpinkred #ff0066 Red red #ff0000 Red-Red-Orange redredorange #ff3300 Red-Red-Pink redredpink #ff0033 Spring-Spring-Green springspringgreen #66ff00 Spring-Spring-Yellow springspringyellow #99ff00 Teal-Teal-Cyan tealtealcyan #00ff99 Teal-Teal-Green tealtealgreen #00ff66 Violet-Violet-Blue violetvioletblue #6600ff Violet-Violet-Magenta violetvioletmagenta #9900ff White white #ffffff Yellow yellow #ffff00 Yellow-Yellow-Orange yellowyelloworange #ffcc00 Yellow-Yellow-Spring yellowyellowspring #ccff00
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