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January 19

Undocumented color names

Web colors lists 140 X11 color names. I have noticed that there are some non-X11 color names that are accepted in Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome in <font color> markup, but not in <span style> markup, and I have not succeeded in finding a list of them and their hexadecimal code values. Here is a list starting with one X11 color, one totally made-up name (to prove that you can't just make up any color name) and then nonstandard colors I've come across:

• <font color="red">red</font> : red; <span style="color:red">red</span> : red
• <font color="gewalt">gewalt</font> : gewalt; <span style="color:gewalt">gewalt</span> : gewalt
• <font color="burntorange">burntorange</font> : burntorange; <span style="color:burntorange">burntorange</span> : burntorange
• <font color="coal">coal</font> : coal; <span style="color:coal">coal</span> : coal
• <font color="darkgblue">darkgblue</font> : darkgblue; <span style="color:darkgblue">darkgblue</span> : darkgblue
• <font color="saffron">saffron</font> : saffron; <span style="color:saffron">saffron</span> : saffron
• <font color="vermilion">vermilion</font> : vermilion; <span style="color:vermilion">vermilion</span> : vermilion
• <font color="vermillion">vermillion</font> : vermillion; <span style="color:vermillion">vermillion</span> : vermillion

Where is a list of non-X11 colors including burntorange, coal, darkgblue, saffron, vermilion, and vermillion, recognized by by major browsers in <font color> markup but not in <span style> markup, along with their hexadecimal codes? —Anomalocaris (talk) 07:05, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

I haven't the foggiest but I can guess that at some stage W3C were considering putting them in but decided not to and a file is still hanging around with them in. Reporting it as a bug to the browsers is what I'd advise - they're good at fixing things. Dmcq (talk) 11:15, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Probably these are some '90s pre-CSS-era holdouts that were obsolete when CSS 1.0 was published, but are being kept for compatibility with old webpages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.142.70.141 (talk) 01:05, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

Android "No photos selected" when phone plugged into computer

When I charge my Android phone from a computer USB port the screen goes black and a message says "No photos selected". I suppose it has to do with an opportunity to transfer pictures to my computer, but I don't remember setting anything like that up. It's very slightly annoying (I know, this is a 'First world problem') and I'd like to turn it off. How?Hayttom (talk) 07:19, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

What phone is this, and what version of Android is it running? (The version can be found in Settings. Try a Web search for "find android version" followed by the name of your device if you need more help.) Android devices can differ quite a bit, because manufacturers often heavily customize the Android builds for their devices, and, unsurprisingly, successive Android versions change things. I know my Galaxy Note 8 (running OEM Android 7.1) doesn't have this behavior. --47.157.122.192 (talk) 09:45, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

... and it doesn't happen with any Android phones that I've used. Have you downloaded some photo app? Dbfirs 14:57, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Does the message show up on the phone or on the computer? In any case, this sounds like an MTP driver problem to me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.142.70.141 (talk) 01:07, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

Thanks everybody. It's a nice Samsung Galaxy J7 running Android 6.0.1. I'm pretty sure I don't have any photo app except the default 'Camera'. The message shows on the phone. Hayttom (talk) 07:33, 26 January 2018 (UTC)