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Re:Color of text on monochrome terminals with green-on-black... by silasdavis on Sunday November 06, 2022 @05:30AM (#33491119)
palegoldenrod is stuck in my brain for some reason.

Does golden rod mean something other than what it sounds like? A tube of gold? What is colourwise peculiar about a golden rod?

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Re:Color of text on monochrome terminals with green-on-black... by Tempest1981 on Sunday November 06, 2022 @05:37AM (#33491167)
> Does golden rod mean something other than what it sounds like?

"Goldenrod is a common name for many species of flowering plants in the sunflower family" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldenrod

Although the picture there looks more yellow than amber.

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Re:Color of text on monochrome terminals with green-on-black... by silasdavis on Sunday November 06, 2022 @06:41AM (#33491539)
Ah hah! Thank you
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Re:Color of text on monochrome terminals with green-on-black... by eesmith on Sunday November 06, 2022 @07:12AM (#33491764)
Also, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldenrod_(color)#Pale_goldenr... .

Added as an X11 color name in 1989, replacing the name "OldGoldenrod". https://cgit.freedesktop.org/~alanc/xc-historical/commit/xc/... .

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Re:Color of text on monochrome terminals with green-on-black... by ginsider_oaks on Sunday November 06, 2022 @08:04AM (#33492143)
it sounds like the danish word for carrot: "gulerod" which translates to "yellow root".
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