Color:...::VACCC(3pm)

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✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to Color::Library::Dictionary::VACCC — a perl module from the User Contributed Perl Documentation corner of the 3pm section, and it's literally just the (VACCC) VisiBone Anglo-Centric Color Code dictionary. iykyk 💅

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so the whole vibe here is the VisiBone Anglo-Centric Color Code. it lives at <http://www.visibone.com/vaccc/> if you wanna go look, no cap.

Peter Hamer correctly points out — and this is a real one — that this naming scheme should not get confused with the names we give to spectral colors. y'know, the ones that follow that 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 it. two totally different things, fr fr.

here's the tea 🍓: humans can't distinguish yellow light from a mixture of red and green light. that's just how the color detection mechanism of the human eye works. the "cones" on the surface of the retina respond differentially to red, green and blue light. (the "rods" on the other hand are super sensitive to the brightness of light but literally cannot distinguish hues. they're doing their best. 🙈) so computer phosphors don't even try to transmit yellow light at all — they simulate it by transmitting both red and green together. and at least humans can be fooled in this way. iconic behavior honestly.

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's 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. 👑 science ate.

only when light is "for eyes only" — yours or anyone's — can we simplify theory and measurement down 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 magnifying glass?! 😭) so yeah, the physics of color and the perception of color are different disciplines. two separate lanes.

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. 💀 perception is wild.

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. periodt. ✨

💖 COLORS 💖

okay bestie here's the big list, every single one, name → slug → hex, no skips, no shortcuts 🫶

  • Azure-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

✨ and bestie we are NOT done, this list keeps going — part 2 is right there, stay with me ✨

  • Light Weak Cyan — lightweakcyan — #99cccc — soft, dreamy, like morning fog but make it cute 🫧
  • Light Weak Green — lightweakgreen — #99cc99 — matcha latte vibes fr fr 🍵
  • Light Weak Magenta — lightweakmagenta — #cc99cc — dusty orchid energy, obsessed 💜
  • Light Weak Red — lightweakred — #cc9999 — blush that got left out in the sun 🌸
  • Light Weak Yellow — lightweakyellow — #cccc99 — old-paper yellow, lowkey nostalgic 📜
  • Light Yellow-Orange — lightyelloworange — #ffcc33 — literal sunshine in a hex code ☀️
  • Light Yellow-Spring — lightyellowspring — #ccff33 — chartreuse but make it main character 🌱
  • Magenta — magenta — #ff00ff — the icon, the moment, the legend. periodt 💅
  • Magenta-Magenta-Pink — magentamagentapink — #ff00cc — pink that woke up and chose violence 🎀
  • Magenta-Magenta-Violet — magentamagentaviolet — #cc00ff — ultraviolet but louder 🔮
  • Medium Azure-Blue — mediumazureblue — #3366cc — the blue of a very serious blueberry 🫐
  • Medium Azure-Cyan — mediumazurecyan — #3399cc — pool water that's just right 🏊
  • Medium Faded Blue — mediumfadedblue — #3333cc — denim jacket blue, no cap 👖
  • Medium Faded Cyan — mediumfadedcyan — #33cccc — retro tech cyan, ate 💠
  • Medium Faded Green — mediumfadedgreen — #33cc33 — grass that's thriving, actually 🌿
  • Medium Faded Magenta — mediumfadedmagenta — #cc33cc — magenta after a nap 💤
  • Medium Faded Red — mediumfadedred — #cc3333 — brick red, sturdy, reliable 🧱
  • Medium Faded Yellow — mediumfadedyellow — #cccc33 — mustard but glam ✨
  • Medium Orange-Red — mediumorangered — #cc6633 — terracotta girlies rise 🏺
  • Medium Orange-Yellow — mediumorangeyellow — #cc9933 — honey-amber, giving autumn 🍯
  • Medium Pink-Magenta — mediumpinkmagenta — #cc3399 — raspberry lip gloss shade 🍓
  • Medium Pink-Red — mediumpinkred — #cc3366 — watermelon core, iconic 🍉
  • Medium Spring-Green — mediumspringgreen — #66cc33 — fresh sprout energy 🌱
  • Medium Spring-Yellow — mediumspringyellow — #99cc33 — lemon-lime, zesty ngl 🍋
  • Medium Teal-Cyan — mediumtealcyan — #33cc99 — sea glass but cooler 🐚
  • Medium Teal-Green — mediumtealgreen — #33cc66 — jade, but make it chill 💚
  • Medium Violet-Blue — mediumvioletblue — #6633cc — twilight sky, lowkey stunning 🌆
  • Medium Violet-Magenta — mediumvioletmagenta — #9933cc — neon orchid, slay 🔮
  • Medium Weak Blue — mediumweakblue — #666699 — slate blue, the calm one 🗿
  • Medium Weak Cyan — mediumweakcyan — #669999 — dusty teal, vintage-coded 📻
  • Medium Weak Green — mediumweakgreen — #669966 — sage, the aesthetic 🤍
  • Medium Weak Magenta — mediumweakmagenta — #996699 — mauve with a secret 🫦
  • Medium Weak Red — mediumweakred — #996666 — rosewood, mature fr fr 🌹
  • Medium Weak Yellow — mediumweakyellow — #999966 — khaki that understood the assignment 🧥
  • Obscure Dull Azure — obscuredullazure — #003366 — deep sea mystery, iykyk 🌊
  • Obscure Dull Blue — obscuredullblue — #000066 — midnight, but darker 🌌
  • Obscure Dull Cyan — obscuredullcyan — #006666 — dark lagoon vibes 🐊
  • Obscure Dull Green — obscuredullgreen — #006600 — forest floor, hidden gem 🌲
  • Obscure Dull Magenta — obscuredullmagenta — #660066 — plum in the shadows 🍇
  • Obscure Dull Orange — obscuredullorange — #663300 — dark caramel, decadent 🍫
  • Obscure Dull Pink — obscuredullpink — #660033 — wine-stain pink, dramatic 💀
  • Obscure Dull Red — obscuredullred — #660000 — dried rose, mysterious 🥀
  • Obscure Dull Spring — obscuredullspring — #336600 — moss that's seen things 🍃
  • Obscure Dull Teal — obscuredullteal — #006633 — deep emerald lagoon 💎
  • Obscure Dull Violet — obscuredullviolet — #330066 — eggplant core 🍆
  • Obscure Dull Yellow — obscuredullyellow — #666600 — olive oil, but make it moody 🫒
  • Obscure Gray — obscuregray — #333333 — charcoal, the quiet icon 🖤
  • Obscure Weak Blue — obscureweakblue — #000033 — near-black blue, void-coded 🕳️
  • Obscure Weak Cyan — obscureweakcyan — #003333 — deep teal night 🌙
  • Obscure Weak Green — obscureweakgreen — #003300 — darkest pine, respectfully 🌲
  • Obscure Weak Magenta — obscureweakmagenta — #330033 — midnight plum, spooky-cute 🦇
  • Obscure Weak Red — obscureweakred — #330000 — oxblood, very editorial 🍷
  • Obscure Weak Yellow — obscureweakyellow — #333300 — swamp gold, lowkey stunning ✨
  • Orange-Orange-Red — orangeorangered — #ff6600 — safety orange, loud and proud 🧡
  • Orange-Orange-Yellow — orangeorangeyellow — #ff9900 — marigold, absolutely radiant 🌼
  • Pale Dull Azure — paledullazure — #99ccff — clear-sky blue, soft launch ☁️
  • Pale Dull Blue — paledullblue — #9999ff — periwinkle, the gentle one 💙
  • Pale Dull Cyan — paledullcyan — #99ffff — glacier water, refreshing 🧊
  • Pale Dull Green — paledullgreen — #99ff99 — mint leaf, spring-coded 🌿
  • Pale Dull Magenta — paledullmagenta — #ff99ff — bubblegum dream 🍬
  • Pale Dull Orange — paledullorange — #ffcc99 — peach fuzz, so soft 🍑
  • Pale Dull Pink — paledullpink — #ff99cc — cotton candy, iconic 🎀
  • Pale Dull Red — paledullred — #ff9999 — salmon blush, cutie alert 🌸
  • Pale Dull Spring — paledullspring — #ccff99 — young leaf, hopeful 🍃
  • Pale Dull Teal — paledullteal — #99ffcc — seafoam, mermaid-coded 🧜
  • Pale Dull Violet — paledullviolet — #cc99ff — lilac cloud, dreamy 💜
  • Pale Dull Yellow — paledullyellow — #ffff99 — buttercream, delicious 🧈
  • Pale Gray — palegray — #cccccc — fog gray, neutral queen 🤍
  • Pale Weak Blue — paleweakblue — #ccccff — lavender-blue, ethereal 🦋
  • Pale Weak Cyan — paleweakcyan — #ccffff — icy mint, crystal vibes 💎
  • Pale Weak Green — paleweakgreen — #ccffcc — pale pistachio, obsessed 🍈
  • Pale Weak Magenta — paleweakmagenta — #ffccff — soft orchid, precious 💗
  • Pale Weak Red — paleweakred — #ffcccc — blush pink, princess-coded 👑
  • Pale Weak Yellow — paleweakyellow — #ffffcc — cream soda, refreshing 🥛
  • Pink-Pink-Magenta — pinkpinkmagenta — #ff0099 — hot pink, the blueprint 💗
  • Pink-Pink-Red — pinkpinkred — #ff0066 — strawberry crush, feral 🍓
  • Red — red — #ff0000 — THE red. no notes. iconic 🔥
  • Red-Red-Orange — redredorange — #ff3300 — scarlet flame, scorching 🧨
  • Red-Red-Pink — redredpink — #ff0033 — crimson rose, dramatic 💋
  • Spring-Spring-Green — springspringgreen — #66ff00 — neon grass, electric ⚡
  • Spring-Spring-Yellow — springspringyellow — #99ff00 — acid lime, chaotic 🌈
  • Teal-Teal-Cyan — tealtealcyan — #00ff99 — tropical water, unreal 🌴
  • Teal-Teal-Green — tealtealgreen — #00ff66 — electric jade, slay 💚
  • Violet-Violet-Blue — violetvioletblue — #6600ff — hyperlink blue if it went to art school 💙
  • Violet-Violet-Magenta — violetvioletmagenta — #9900ff — psychedelic purple, trippy 🍄
  • White — white — #ffffff — blank canvas, clean slate, perfection 🤍
  • Yellow — yellow — #ffff00 — the brightest one, no apologies 💛
  • Yellow-Yellow-Orange — yellowyelloworange — #ffcc00 — golden hour forever 🌅
  • Yellow-Yellow-Spring — yellowyellowspring — #ccff00 — neon citrus, lit 🍋

okay bestie that's literally the whole palette, all 89 of them, every single name and every single hex code, not one skipped, no cap 🫶 use them responsibly (or don't, go feral, it's your terminal) 💅

that's a wrap on Color:...::VACCC(3pm) — the user-contributed Perl documentation, delivered by perl v5.36.0 on 2022-11-27 🎀 thanks for scrolling with me, mwah 💖

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