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Most of you know that I am colourblind. Because of this, there are often times when I am not quite sure what colour something is. One of the nice things about computers is that I can use colour pickers to get the hex codes so there is no ambiguity (barring calibration issues, of course). Oddly, the first half of my life consisted of people annoying me with "what colour is this? what colour is this?", and the second half consisted of me annoying them with "That's #aa883d". Hex codes are great.
As an example, here is a snippit of the official Color Name Table.
These are the only colours labeled with the "pale" signifier. Thus, it's a simple matter of doing an average to get the <R,G,B> vector: <C3.4, F0, B0.C>.
Rounding this, we get the code #C3F0B1... or:
Since the "Mix" options does colour blending between that which you picked and another colour, #FFFFFF, by default, this link gives you these Whiter Shades of Pale.
Now you know.
As an example, here is a snippit of the official Color Name Table.
| PaleGoldenRod | #EEE8AA | Shades | Mix | |
| PaleGreen | #98FB98 | Shades | Mix | |
| PaleTurquoise | #AFEEEE | Shades | Mix | |
| PaleVioletRed | #D87093 | Shades | Mix |
These are the only colours labeled with the "pale" signifier. Thus, it's a simple matter of doing an average to get the <R,G,B> vector: <C3.4, F0, B0.C>.
Rounding this, we get the code #C3F0B1... or:
| Pale | #C3F0B1 | Shades | Mix |
Since the "Mix" options does colour blending between that which you picked and another colour, #FFFFFF, by default, this link gives you these Whiter Shades of Pale.
| #FFFFFF | |
| #FCFEFB | |
| #F9FEF7 | |
| #F6FDF3 | |
| #F3FCEF | |
| #F0FBEC | |
| #EDFAE8 | |
| #EAFAE4 | |
| #E7F9E0 | |
| #E4F8DC | |
| #E1F8D8 | |
| #DEF7D4 | |
| #DBF6D0 | |
| #D8F5CC | |
| #D5F4C8 | |
| #D2F4C4 | |
| #CFF3C1 | |
| #CCF2BD | |
| #C9F2B9 | |
| #C6F1B5 | |
| #C3F0B1 |
Now you know.
