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The Tragicomic History of CSS Color Names | CSS-Tricks

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“Ever wondered why we have CSS color names like tomato, salmon and darkgoldenrod? Ars Technica on the evolution (and convolution) of the "Named Colors" spec:” (the page’s own description)

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