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Re:Show HN: Sorted CSS Colors – Sort the named CSS colors in... by runarberg on Thursday March 18, 2021 @12:29PM (#26504399)
Interesting. Here is Peru on the CSSWG draft document[1]. Other then rebeccapurple[2][3] is there any rationale given for the names of the CSS colors?

1: https://drafts.csswg.org/css-color-3/#peru

2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_A._Meyer#Personal_life

3: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2014Jun/0312....

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Re:Show HN: Sorted CSS Colors – Sort the named CSS colors in... by knuptfad on Thursday March 18, 2021 @12:48PM (#26504650)
"chartreuse" name is coming from the chartreuse drink, which is a highly alcoholic and green colored booze :)
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Re:Show HN: Sorted CSS Colors – Sort the named CSS colors in... by reaperducer on Thursday March 18, 2021 @01:57PM (#26505510)
"Goldenrod" looks like a field of goldenrods.
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