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/ Image::BoxModel::Color

NAME

Image::BoxModel::Color - mini-tutorial of color definition for Image::BoxModel

In short

Everywere in Image::BoxModel whre you want to define a color you have the choice between the following styles:

- human-style: pick a name from the long list below

- html-style: use the form # followed by 6 digits or a-f (#ffffff for white, e.g.)

(these two serve my needs, if you would like to see more, consider contributing.)

Html-Style

Use this style for the exact definition of a color. It is quite simple after you understand how it works:

The first charcter is a # to indicate that a html-style color definition will follow.

The next six (there must be exactly 6 of them!*) go into three pairs of characters.

The first pair defines the red channel.

The second pair defines the green channel.

The third pair defines the blue channel.

Each pair is in hexadecimal form and ranges from 0 to ff, which is from 0 to 255 decimal.

The color channels are added by additive mixture. This is the mixture where coloured beams of light meet in one point. Examples: red plus green becomes yellow, red plus blue is pink, red plus green plus blue is white.

This may be a little counterintuitive for folks who are used to painting with pencils on paper, where subtractive mixture applies.

If unsure, use your favourite drawing-program to help you find an appropriate color. The colour-chooser of the GIMP is excellent in my eyes. You can as well check the list below for colors.

*In fact, if you use IM as backend-library, you will be able to use all sorts of different definitions (see link below). This is discouraged because it will not work with the other backends.

Human-Style

Use this style for intuitive definition of a color. Not all imaginable words are present and the definitions may change in the future. In fact, the list is taken from ImageMagick to ensure equal results whatever backend-library you use.

You may find the original list and more explanations here: http://imagemagick.org/script/color.php

(Please consider that as of this writing Image::BoxModel allows all notations if IM is your backend-library, but only knows about the six-digit notation for the others, see * above.)

List of Named Colors (from ImageMagick)

        #FFFAFA snow
        #FFFAFA snow1
        #EEE9E9 snow2
        #FFC1C1 RosyBrown1
        #EEB4B4 RosyBrown2
        #CDC9C9 snow3
        #F08080 LightCoral
        #FF6A6A IndianRed1
        #CD9B9B RosyBrown3
        #EE6363 IndianRed2
        #BC8F8F RosyBrown
        #FF4040 brown1
        #FF3030 firebrick1
        #EE3B3B brown2
        #CD5C5C IndianRed
        #CD5555 IndianRed3
        #EE2C2C firebrick2
        #8B8989 snow4
        #CD3333 brown3
        #FF0000 red
        #FF0000 red1
        #8B6969 RosyBrown4
        #CD2626 firebrick3
        #EE0000 red2
        #B22222 firebrick
        #A52A2A brown
        #CD0000 red3
        #8B3A3A IndianRed4
        #8B2323 brown4
        #8B1A1A firebrick4
        #8B0000 DarkRed
        #8B0000 red4
        #800000 maroon
        #FFAEB9 LightPink1
        #CD8C95 LightPink3
        #8B5F65 LightPink4
        #EEA2AD LightPink2
        #FFB6C1 LightPink
        #FFC0CB pink
        #DC143C crimson
        #FFB5C5 pink1
        #EEA9B8 pink2
        #CD919E pink3
        #8B636C pink4
        #8B475D PaleVioletRed4
        #DB7093 PaleVioletRed
        #EE799F PaleVioletRed2
        #FF82AB PaleVioletRed1
        #CD6889 PaleVioletRed3
        #FFF0F5 LavenderBlush
        #FFF0F5 LavenderBlush1
        #CDC1C5 LavenderBlush3
        #EEE0E5 LavenderBlush2
        #8B8386 LavenderBlush4
        #B03060 maroon
        #CD6090 HotPink3
        #CD3278 VioletRed3
        #FF3E96 VioletRed1
        #EE3A8C VioletRed2
        #8B2252 VioletRed4
        #EE6AA7 HotPink2
        #FF6EB4 HotPink1
        #8B3A62 HotPink4
        #FF69B4 HotPink
        #FF1493 DeepPink
        #FF1493 DeepPink1
        #EE1289 DeepPink2
        #CD1076 DeepPink3
        #8B0A50 DeepPink4
        #FF34B3 maroon1
        #EE30A7 maroon2
        #CD2990 maroon3
        #8B1C62 maroon4
        #C71585 MediumVioletRed
        #D02090 VioletRed
        #EE7AE9 orchid2
        #DA70D6 orchid
        #FF83FA orchid1
        #CD69C9 orchid3
        #8B4789 orchid4
        #FFE1FF thistle1
        #EED2EE thistle2
        #FFBBFF plum1
        #EEAEEE plum2
        #D8BFD8 thistle
        #CDB5CD thistle3
        #DDA0DD plum
        #EE82EE violet
        #CD96CD plum3
        #8B7B8B thistle4
        #FF00FF fuchsia
        #FF00FF magenta
        #FF00FF magenta1
        #8B668B plum4
        #EE00EE magenta2
        #CD00CD magenta3
        #8B008B DarkMagenta
        #8B008B magenta4
        #800080 purple
        #BA55D3 MediumOrchid
        #E066FF MediumOrchid1
        #D15FEE MediumOrchid2
        #B452CD MediumOrchid3
        #7A378B MediumOrchid4
        #9400D3 DarkViolet
        #9932CC DarkOrchid
        #BF3EFF DarkOrchid1
        #9A32CD DarkOrchid3
        #B23AEE DarkOrchid2
        #68228B DarkOrchid4
        #A020F0 purple
        #4B0082 indigo
        #8A2BE2 BlueViolet
        #912CEE purple2
        #7D26CD purple3
        #551A8B purple4
        #9B30FF purple1
        #9370DB MediumPurple
        #AB82FF MediumPurple1
        #9F79EE MediumPurple2
        #8968CD MediumPurple3
        #5D478B MediumPurple4
        #483D8B DarkSlateBlue
        #8470FF LightSlateBlue
        #7B68EE MediumSlateBlue
        #6A5ACD SlateBlue
        #836FFF SlateBlue1
        #7A67EE SlateBlue2
        #6959CD SlateBlue3
        #473C8B SlateBlue4
        #F8F8FF GhostWhite
        #E6E6FA lavender
        #0000FF blue
        #0000FF blue1
        #0000EE blue2
        #0000CD blue3
        #0000CD MediumBlue
        #00008B blue4
        #00008B DarkBlue
        #191970 MidnightBlue
        #000080 navy
        #000080 NavyBlue
        #4169E1 RoyalBlue
        #4876FF RoyalBlue1
        #436EEE RoyalBlue2
        #3A5FCD RoyalBlue3
        #27408B RoyalBlue4
        #6495ED CornflowerBlue
        #B0C4DE LightSteelBlue
        #CAE1FF LightSteelBlue1
        #BCD2EE LightSteelBlue2
        #A2B5CD LightSteelBlue3
        #6E7B8B LightSteelBlue4
        #6C7B8B SlateGray4
        #C6E2FF SlateGray1
        #B9D3EE SlateGray2
        #9FB6CD SlateGray3
        #778899 LightSlateGray
        #778899 LightSlateGrey
        #708090 SlateGray
        #708090 SlateGrey
        #1E90FF DodgerBlue
        #1E90FF DodgerBlue1
        #1C86EE DodgerBlue2
        #104E8B DodgerBlue4
        #1874CD DodgerBlue3
        #F0F8FF AliceBlue
        #36648B SteelBlue4
        #4682B4 SteelBlue
        #63B8FF SteelBlue1
        #5CACEE SteelBlue2
        #4F94CD SteelBlue3
        #4A708B SkyBlue4
        #87CEFF SkyBlue1
        #7EC0EE SkyBlue2
        #6CA6CD SkyBlue3
        #87CEFA LightSkyBlue
        #607B8B LightSkyBlue4
        #B0E2FF LightSkyBlue1
        #A4D3EE LightSkyBlue2
        #8DB6CD LightSkyBlue3
        #87CEEB SkyBlue
        #9AC0CD LightBlue3
        #00BFFF DeepSkyBlue
        #00BFFF DeepSkyBlue1
        #00B2EE DeepSkyBlue2
        #00688B DeepSkyBlue4
        #009ACD DeepSkyBlue3
        #BFEFFF LightBlue1
        #B2DFEE LightBlue2
        #ADD8E6 LightBlue
        #68838B LightBlue4
        #B0E0E6 PowderBlue
        #98F5FF CadetBlue1
        #8EE5EE CadetBlue2
        #7AC5CD CadetBlue3
        #53868B CadetBlue4
        #00F5FF turquoise1
        #00E5EE turquoise2
        #00C5CD turquoise3
        #00868B turquoise4
        #5F9EA0 cadet blue
        #5F9EA0 CadetBlue
        #00CED1 DarkTurquoise
        #F0FFFF azure
        #F0FFFF azure1
        #E0FFFF LightCyan
        #E0FFFF LightCyan1
        #E0EEEE azure2
        #D1EEEE LightCyan2
        #BBFFFF PaleTurquoise1
        #AFEEEE PaleTurquoise
        #AEEEEE PaleTurquoise2
        #97FFFF DarkSlateGray1
        #C1CDCD azure3
        #B4CDCD LightCyan3
        #8DEEEE DarkSlateGray2
        #96CDCD PaleTurquoise3
        #79CDCD DarkSlateGray3
        #838B8B azure4
        #7A8B8B LightCyan4
        #00FFFF aqua
        #00FFFF cyan
        #00FFFF cyan1
        #668B8B PaleTurquoise4
        #00EEEE cyan2
        #528B8B DarkSlateGray4
        #00CDCD cyan3
        #008B8B cyan4
        #008B8B DarkCyan
        #008080 teal
        #2F4F4F DarkSlateGray
        #2F4F4F DarkSlateGrey
        #48D1CC MediumTurquoise
        #20B2AA LightSeaGreen
        #40E0D0 turquoise
        #458B74 aquamarine4
        #7FFFD4 aquamarine
        #7FFFD4 aquamarine1
        #76EEC6 aquamarine2
        #66CDAA aquamarine3
        #66CDAA MediumAquamarine
        #00FA9A MediumSpringGreen
        #F5FFFA MintCream
        #00FF7F SpringGreen
        #00FF7F SpringGreen1
        #00EE76 SpringGreen2
        #00CD66 SpringGreen3
        #008B45 SpringGreen4
        #3CB371 MediumSeaGreen
        #2E8B57 SeaGreen
        #43CD80 SeaGreen3
        #54FF9F SeaGreen1
        #2E8B57 SeaGreen4
        #4EEE94 SeaGreen2
        #32814B MediumForestGreen
        #F0FFF0 honeydew
        #F0FFF0 honeydew1
        #E0EEE0 honeydew2
        #C1FFC1 DarkSeaGreen1
        #B4EEB4 DarkSeaGreen2
        #9AFF9A PaleGreen1
        #98FB98 PaleGreen
        #C1CDC1 honeydew3
        #90EE90 LightGreen
        #90EE90 PaleGreen2
        #9BCD9B DarkSeaGreen3
        #8FBC8F DarkSeaGreen
        #7CCD7C PaleGreen3
        #838B83 honeydew4
        #00FF00 green1
        #00FF00 lime
        #32CD32 LimeGreen
        #698B69 DarkSeaGreen4
        #00EE00 green2
        #548B54 PaleGreen4
        #00CD00 green3
        #228B22 ForestGreen
        #008B00 green4
        #008000 green
        #006400 DarkGreen
        #7CFC00 LawnGreen
        #7FFF00 chartreuse
        #7FFF00 chartreuse1
        #76EE00 chartreuse2
        #66CD00 chartreuse3
        #458B00 chartreuse4
        #ADFF2F GreenYellow
        #A2CD5A DarkOliveGreen3
        #CAFF70 DarkOliveGreen1
        #BCEE68 DarkOliveGreen2
        #6E8B3D DarkOliveGreen4
        #556B2F DarkOliveGreen
        #6B8E23 OliveDrab
        #C0FF3E OliveDrab1
        #B3EE3A OliveDrab2
        #9ACD32 OliveDrab3
        #9ACD32 YellowGreen
        #698B22 OliveDrab4
        #FFFFF0 ivory
        #FFFFF0 ivory1
        #FFFFE0 LightYellow
        #FFFFE0 LightYellow1
        #F5F5DC beige
        #EEEEE0 ivory2
        #FAFAD2 LightGoldenrodYellow
        #EEEED1 LightYellow2
        #CDCDC1 ivory3
        #CDCDB4 LightYellow3
        #8B8B83 ivory4
        #8B8B7A LightYellow4
        #FFFF00 yellow
        #FFFF00 yellow1
        #EEEE00 yellow2
        #CDCD00 yellow3
        #8B8B00 yellow4
        #808000 olive
        #BDB76B DarkKhaki
        #EEE685 khaki2
        #8B8970 LemonChiffon4
        #FFF68F khaki1
        #CDC673 khaki3
        #8B864E khaki4
        #EEE8AA PaleGoldenrod
        #FFFACD LemonChiffon
        #FFFACD LemonChiffon1
        #F0E68C khaki
        #CDC9A5 LemonChiffon3
        #EEE9BF LemonChiffon2
        #D1C166 MediumGoldenRod
        #8B8878 cornsilk4
        #FFD700 gold
        #FFD700 gold1
        #EEC900 gold2
        #CDAD00 gold3
        #8B7500 gold4
        #EEDD82 LightGoldenrod
        #8B814C LightGoldenrod4
        #FFEC8B LightGoldenrod1
        #CDBE70 LightGoldenrod3
        #EEDC82 LightGoldenrod2
        #CDC8B1 cornsilk3
        #EEE8CD cornsilk2
        #FFF8DC cornsilk
        #FFF8DC cornsilk1
        #DAA520 goldenrod
        #FFC125 goldenrod1
        #EEB422 goldenrod2
        #CD9B1D goldenrod3
        #8B6914 goldenrod4
        #B8860B DarkGoldenrod
        #FFB90F DarkGoldenrod1
        #EEAD0E DarkGoldenrod2
        #CD950C DarkGoldenrod3
        #8B6508 DarkGoldenrod4
        #FFFAF0 FloralWhite
        #EED8AE wheat2
        #FDF5E6 OldLace
        #F5DEB3 wheat
        #FFE7BA wheat1
        #CDBA96 wheat3
        #FFA500 orange
        #FFA500 orange1
        #EE9A00 orange2
        #CD8500 orange3
        #8B5A00 orange4
        #8B7E66 wheat4
        #FFE4B5 moccasin
        #FFEFD5 PapayaWhip
        #CDB38B NavajoWhite3
        #FFEBCD BlanchedAlmond
        #FFDEAD NavajoWhite
        #FFDEAD NavajoWhite1
        #EECFA1 NavajoWhite2
        #8B795E NavajoWhite4
        #8B8378 AntiqueWhite4
        #FAEBD7 AntiqueWhite
        #D2B48C tan
        #8B7D6B bisque4
        #DEB887 burlywood
        #EEDFCC AntiqueWhite2
        #FFD39B burlywood1
        #CDAA7D burlywood3
        #EEC591 burlywood2
        #FFEFDB AntiqueWhite1
        #8B7355 burlywood4
        #CDC0B0 AntiqueWhite3
        #FF8C00 DarkOrange
        #EED5B7 bisque2
        #FFE4C4 bisque
        #FFE4C4 bisque1
        #CDB79E bisque3
        #FF7F00 DarkOrange1
        #FAF0E6 linen
        #EE7600 DarkOrange2
        #CD6600 DarkOrange3
        #8B4500 DarkOrange4
        #CD853F peru
        #FFA54F tan1
        #EE9A49 tan2
        #CD853F tan3
        #8B5A2B tan4
        #FFDAB9 PeachPuff
        #FFDAB9 PeachPuff1
        #8B7765 PeachPuff4
        #EECBAD PeachPuff2
        #CDAF95 PeachPuff3
        #F4A460 SandyBrown
        #8B8682 seashell4
        #EEE5DE seashell2
        #CDC5BF seashell3
        #D2691E chocolate
        #FF7F24 chocolate1
        #EE7621 chocolate2
        #CD661D chocolate3
        #8B4513 chocolate4
        #8B4513 SaddleBrown
        #FFF5EE seashell
        #FFF5EE seashell1
        #8B4726 sienna4
        #A0522D sienna
        #FF8247 sienna1
        #EE7942 sienna2
        #CD6839 sienna3
        #CD8162 LightSalmon3
        #FFA07A LightSalmon
        #FFA07A LightSalmon1
        #8B5742 LightSalmon4
        #EE9572 LightSalmon2
        #FF7F50 coral
        #FF4500 OrangeRed
        #FF4500 OrangeRed1
        #EE4000 OrangeRed2
        #CD3700 OrangeRed3
        #8B2500 OrangeRed4
        #E9967A DarkSalmon
        #FF8C69 salmon1
        #EE8262 salmon2
        #CD7054 salmon3
        #8B4C39 salmon4
        #FF7256 coral1
        #EE6A50 coral2
        #CD5B45 coral3
        #8B3E2F coral4
        #8B3626 tomato4
        #FF6347 tomato
        #FF6347 tomato1
        #EE5C42 tomato2
        #CD4F39 tomato3
        #8B7D7B MistyRose4
        #EED5D2 MistyRose2
        #FFE4E1 MistyRose
        #FFE4E1 MistyRose1
        #FA8072 salmon
        #CDB7B5 MistyRose3
        #FFFFFF white
        #FFFFFF gray100
        #FFFFFF grey100
        #FFFFFF grey100
        #FCFCFC gray99
        #FCFCFC grey99
        #FAFAFA gray98
        #FAFAFA grey98
        #F7F7F7 gray97
        #F7F7F7 grey97
        #F5F5F5 gray96
        #F5F5F5 grey96
        #F5F5F5 WhiteSmoke
        #F2F2F2 gray95
        #F2F2F2 grey95
        #F0F0F0 gray94
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        #EDEDED gray93
        #EDEDED grey93
        #EBEBEB gray92
        #EBEBEB grey92
        #E8E8E8 gray91
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        #E5E5E5 gray90
        #E5E5E5 grey90
        #E3E3E3 gray89
        #E3E3E3 grey89
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        #DEDEDE gray87
        #DEDEDE grey87
        #DCDCDC gainsboro
        #DBDBDB gray86
        #DBDBDB grey86
        #D9D9D9 gray85
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        #D6D6D6 gray84
        #D6D6D6 grey84
        #D4D4D4 gray83
        #D4D4D4 grey83
        #D3D3D3 LightGray
        #D3D3D3 LightGrey
        #D1D1D1 gray82
        #D1D1D1 grey82
        #CFCFCF gray81
        #CFCFCF grey81
        #CCCCCC gray80
        #CCCCCC grey80
        #C9C9C9 gray79
        #C9C9C9 grey79
        #C7C7C7 gray78
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        #C4C4C4 gray77
        #C4C4C4 grey77
        #C2C2C2 gray76
        #C2C2C2 grey76
        #C0C0C0 silver
        #BFBFBF gray75
        #BFBFBF grey75
        #BEBEBE gray
        #BEBEBE grey
        #BDBDBD gray74
        #BDBDBD grey74
        #BABABA gray73
        #BABABA grey73
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        #ADADAD gray68
        #ADADAD grey68
        #ABABAB gray67
        #ABABAB grey67
        #A9A9A9 DarkGray
        #A9A9A9 DarkGrey
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