<story><title>The Code Side Of Color</title><url>http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2012/10/04/the-code-side-of-color/</url><text></text></story><parent_chain><item><author>unwind</author><text>Bleh, it seems they forgot to proof this or have it read by someone who ... I don&apos;t know, maybe knows a bit more about how it really works.&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;When computers name a color, they use a so-called hexidecimal code that most humans gloss over: 24-bit colors. That is, 16,777,216 unique combinations of exactly seven characters made from ten numerals and six letters — preceded by a hash mark.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;I mean, &quot;hexidecimal&quot; is hopefully just a typo, but the &quot;explanation&quot; in the second sentence is off by one, it&apos;s not seven characters that make up the color, since the hash mark is constant and doesn&apos;t contribute. I would object to the &quot;ten numerals and six letters&quot; too, but I guess that&apos;s a suitable popular nomenclature.&lt;p&gt;And I don&apos;t even have a lawn ...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>lubutu</author><text>I also have a real problem with them referring to the second digit from the right as the &quot;tens place&quot;, considering it&apos;s actually base sixteen...</text></comment>
<story><title>The Code Side Of Color</title><url>http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2012/10/04/the-code-side-of-color/</url><text></text></story><parent_chain><item><author>unwind</author><text>Bleh, it seems they forgot to proof this or have it read by someone who ... I don&apos;t know, maybe knows a bit more about how it really works.&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;When computers name a color, they use a so-called hexidecimal code that most humans gloss over: 24-bit colors. That is, 16,777,216 unique combinations of exactly seven characters made from ten numerals and six letters — preceded by a hash mark.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;I mean, &quot;hexidecimal&quot; is hopefully just a typo, but the &quot;explanation&quot; in the second sentence is off by one, it&apos;s not seven characters that make up the color, since the hash mark is constant and doesn&apos;t contribute. I would object to the &quot;ten numerals and six letters&quot; too, but I guess that&apos;s a suitable popular nomenclature.&lt;p&gt;And I don&apos;t even have a lawn ...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Tipzntrix</author><text>Not to mention that they equate A-F as 10-16, when in fact it is 10-15, and the whole &quot;ones column&quot; goes from 0-15, not 1-16.</text></comment>