Color::Library::Dictionary::VACCC.3pm

Langue: en

Version: 2009-02-26 (fedora - 05/07/09)

Section: 3 (Bibliothèques de fonctions)

NAME

Color::Library::Dictionary::VACCC - (VACCC) VisiBone Anglo-Centric Color Code

DESCRIPTION

VisiBone Anglo-Centric Color Code

<http://www.visibone.com/vaccc/>

Peter Hamer correctly points out that this naming scheme should not be confused with names given to spectral colors, such as those that follow the 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 if.

Humans can't distinguish yellow light from a mixture of red and green light. That's due to the color detection mechanism of the human eye. The ``cones'' on the surface of the retina respond differentially to red, green and blue light. (The ``rods'' on the other hand are very sensitive to the brightness of light but can't distinguish hues.) So computer phosphors don't attempt to transmit yellow light at all. They simulate it by transmitting both red and green. At least humans can be fooled in this way.

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 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.

Only when light is ``for eyes only,'' your's or anyone's, can we simplify theory and measurement 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 magnfying glass?!) So the physics of color and the perception of color are different disciplines.

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.

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.

COLORS

         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
 
         Light Weak Cyan        lightweakcyan        #99cccc
 
         Light Weak Green       lightweakgreen       #99cc99
 
         Light Weak Magenta     lightweakmagenta     #cc99cc
 
         Light Weak Red         lightweakred         #cc9999
 
         Light Weak Yellow      lightweakyellow      #cccc99
 
         Light Yellow-Orange    lightyelloworange    #ffcc33
 
         Light Yellow-Spring    lightyellowspring    #ccff33
 
         Magenta                magenta              #ff00ff
 
         Magenta-Magenta-Pink   magentamagentapink   #ff00cc
 
         Magenta-Magenta-Violet magentamagentaviolet #cc00ff
 
         Medium Azure-Blue      mediumazureblue      #3366cc
 
         Medium Azure-Cyan      mediumazurecyan      #3399cc
 
         Medium Faded Blue      mediumfadedblue      #3333cc
 
         Medium Faded Cyan      mediumfadedcyan      #33cccc
 
         Medium Faded Green     mediumfadedgreen     #33cc33
 
         Medium Faded Magenta   mediumfadedmagenta   #cc33cc
 
         Medium Faded Red       mediumfadedred       #cc3333
 
         Medium Faded Yellow    mediumfadedyellow    #cccc33
 
         Medium Orange-Red      mediumorangered      #cc6633
 
         Medium Orange-Yellow   mediumorangeyellow   #cc9933
 
         Medium Pink-Magenta    mediumpinkmagenta    #cc3399
 
         Medium Pink-Red        mediumpinkred        #cc3366
 
         Medium Spring-Green    mediumspringgreen    #66cc33
 
         Medium Spring-Yellow   mediumspringyellow   #99cc33
 
         Medium Teal-Cyan       mediumtealcyan       #33cc99
 
         Medium Teal-Green      mediumtealgreen      #33cc66
 
         Medium Violet-Blue     mediumvioletblue     #6633cc
 
         Medium Violet-Magenta  mediumvioletmagenta  #9933cc
 
         Medium Weak Blue       mediumweakblue       #666699
 
         Medium Weak Cyan       mediumweakcyan       #669999
 
         Medium Weak Green      mediumweakgreen      #669966
 
         Medium Weak Magenta    mediumweakmagenta    #996699
 
         Medium Weak Red        mediumweakred        #996666
 
         Medium Weak Yellow     mediumweakyellow     #999966
 
         Obscure Dull Azure     obscuredullazure     #003366
 
         Obscure Dull Blue      obscuredullblue      #000066
 
         Obscure Dull Cyan      obscuredullcyan      #006666
 
         Obscure Dull Green     obscuredullgreen     #006600
 
         Obscure Dull Magenta   obscuredullmagenta   #660066
 
         Obscure Dull Orange    obscuredullorange    #663300
 
         Obscure Dull Pink      obscuredullpink      #660033
 
         Obscure Dull Red       obscuredullred       #660000
 
         Obscure Dull Spring    obscuredullspring    #336600
 
         Obscure Dull Teal      obscuredullteal      #006633
 
         Obscure Dull Violet    obscuredullviolet    #330066
 
         Obscure Dull Yellow    obscuredullyellow    #666600
 
         Obscure Gray           obscuregray          #333333
 
         Obscure Weak Blue      obscureweakblue      #000033
 
         Obscure Weak Cyan      obscureweakcyan      #003333
 
         Obscure Weak Green     obscureweakgreen     #003300
 
         Obscure Weak Magenta   obscureweakmagenta   #330033
 
         Obscure Weak Red       obscureweakred       #330000
 
         Obscure Weak Yellow    obscureweakyellow    #333300
 
         Orange-Orange-Red      orangeorangered      #ff6600
 
         Orange-Orange-Yellow   orangeorangeyellow   #ff9900
 
         Pale Dull Azure        paledullazure        #99ccff
 
         Pale Dull Blue         paledullblue         #9999ff
 
         Pale Dull Cyan         paledullcyan         #99ffff
 
         Pale Dull Green        paledullgreen        #99ff99
 
         Pale Dull Magenta      paledullmagenta      #ff99ff
 
         Pale Dull Orange       paledullorange       #ffcc99
 
         Pale Dull Pink         paledullpink         #ff99cc
 
         Pale Dull Red          paledullred          #ff9999
 
         Pale Dull Spring       paledullspring       #ccff99
 
         Pale Dull Teal         paledullteal         #99ffcc
 
         Pale Dull Violet       paledullviolet       #cc99ff
 
         Pale Dull Yellow       paledullyellow       #ffff99
 
         Pale Gray              palegray             #cccccc
 
         Pale Weak Blue         paleweakblue         #ccccff
 
         Pale Weak Cyan         paleweakcyan         #ccffff
 
         Pale Weak Green        paleweakgreen        #ccffcc
 
         Pale Weak Magenta      paleweakmagenta      #ffccff
 
         Pale Weak Red          paleweakred          #ffcccc
 
         Pale Weak Yellow       paleweakyellow       #ffffcc
 
         Pink-Pink-Magenta      pinkpinkmagenta      #ff0099
 
         Pink-Pink-Red          pinkpinkred          #ff0066
 
         Red                    red                  #ff0000
 
         Red-Red-Orange         redredorange         #ff3300
 
         Red-Red-Pink           redredpink           #ff0033
 
         Spring-Spring-Green    springspringgreen    #66ff00
 
         Spring-Spring-Yellow   springspringyellow   #99ff00
 
         Teal-Teal-Cyan         tealtealcyan         #00ff99
 
         Teal-Teal-Green        tealtealgreen        #00ff66
 
         Violet-Violet-Blue     violetvioletblue     #6600ff
 
         Violet-Violet-Magenta  violetvioletmagenta  #9900ff
 
         White                  white                #ffffff
 
         Yellow                 yellow               #ffff00
 
         Yellow-Yellow-Orange   yellowyelloworange   #ffcc00
 
         Yellow-Yellow-Spring   yellowyellowspring   #ccff00