Xah Lee xah at xahlee.org
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X11_color_names

excerpt:
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In computing, on the X Window System, X11 color names are represented
in a simple text file, which maps certain strings to RGB color values.
It is shipped with every X11 installation, hence the name, and is
usually located in <X11root>/lib/rgb.txt.

It is not known who originally compiled the list. The list shows
neither a continuity in selected color values nor in color names (for
example, darkgray but lightgrey), and many color triplets have multiple
names. Despite this, graphic designers and others got used to them
making it practically impossible to introduce a more stringent and
logical alias list.
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Fuck the unix mother fuckers.
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See also: Responsible Software Licensing
http://xahlee.org/UnixResource_dir/writ/responsible_license.html

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