Current progress for colour name 8 translations: hues — 96/96 named (English, Russian), 48/96 named (Spanish), 26/96 named (Polish, Filipino, Swedish) shades — 136/136 named (English, Russian), 40/136 named (Swedish, Polish, Filipino) greys — 33/33 named (English, Polish, Filipino, Swedish, Russian) |
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We have hue names, shade names and grey names
The latest colour namer is colour name 8, which has 96 hues, 136 shades, and 33 greys. (96×136+33 = 13089 colour names) This is the currently recommended colour namer to use, it can uniquely name sRGB colourcubes up to 17×17×17.
While colour name 8 and its Russian translation is already complete, we are in need of translations of colour name 8. To contribute translations, check the pages for hues/shades/greys.
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The color of the day (2024-04-19) is E502C6, which is named Semibright Hung/Полуярко-Повесили!!! |
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