[Zope] 'websafe' colours

[Curtis Maloney]

On Wed, 04 Oct 2000, Stephan Goeldi wrote:
> > > > According to a recent study, there are approximately 13 'web safe'
> > > > colours, out of the full 16,777,216.
> > >
> > > What makes the other 15,777,203 'unsafe'?
>
> If you mean the 'browsersafe colours' then there are 218.
>

Yes, my mistake. I did mean 'browser safe'.  I was aware of the previous 
belief of 216 (mostly because of 256 colour modes less 40 system colours), 
but as I stated, a recent study has "dispelled the myth", claiming (and now I 
correct myself :)  only 22 browser safe colours.

http://slashdot.org/articles/00/09/08/1622204.shtml has some more details, 
and a link to the actual article.

> >The only other possible reason I can recall is that some of the 'named'
> >colours are not supported by all browsers, or are not interpreted the
> > same.
>
> No, the problem is, that they are not displayed the same.
>

Not long after posting my message I realised this also. (o8

> -goe-
>

Have a better one,
	Curtis Maloney