NAME
Color::Library::Dictionary::VACCC - (VACCC) VisiBone Anglo-Centric Color Code
DESCRIPTION
VisiBone Anglo-Centric Color Code
<http://www.visibone.com/vaccc/>
Peter Hamer correctly points out that this naming scheme should not be confused with names given to spectral colors, such as those that follow the mnemonic "Roy G. Biv": Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet. The distinction is between the physical nature of light and the human perception of if.
Humans can't distinguish yellow light from a mixture of red and green light. That's due to the color detection mechanism of the human eye. The "cones" on the surface of the retina respond differentially to red, green and blue light. (The "rods" on the other hand are very sensitive to the brightness of light but can't distinguish hues.) So computer phosphors don't attempt to transmit yellow light at all. They simulate it by transmitting both red and green. At least humans can be fooled in this way.
There's much more to light than the human eye can measure. Besides the fact that visible light is a narrow subset of all the light coming from the sun, there a whole dimension in the variation of frequency and amplitude to which the eye is "tone deaf". This dimension is important to astronomers and chemists. Their instruments measure aspects of light that can reveal, for example, the composition of a star as well as that of a material found at a crime scene.
Only when light is "for eyes only," your's or anyone's, can we simplify theory and measurement to varying quantities of red, green and blue. (Ever use a magnifying glass on your computer screen to see the little dots? Watch that eyestrain! Didn't I say a magnfying glass?!) So the physics of color and the perception of color are different disciplines.
Another interesting distinction, "hues" on a computer monitor as well as in the mind of a user, follow a circular series, as named above in the hue list. Magenta and Pink are as close to each other in perception as Green and Teal. But the physics of light is linear, a spectrum. Violet in the color spectrum is the furthest thing from Red. With real light, there's no such thing as magenta. The eye, when the red and blue cones are stimulated "sees" magenta, but it doesn't correspond to any frequency of light, the way most other hues do.
Incidentally, the distinction between Red, Green, Blue (RGB) and Cyan, Magenta, Yellow (CMY or CMYK when Black is added to the mix) is purely tactical. Printers use light-absorbing ink and computer monitors use light-transmitting phosphors. The perfect cyan ink would completely absorb red light and be completely transparent to green and blue. The tactic of mixing cyan and yellow ink to get green is backwards from mixing red and green light to get yellow. But the strategy is the same: fooling human eyeballs by manipulating the red, green and blue light that ultimately hits the retina.
COLORS
Azure-Azure-Blue azureazureblue #0066ffAzure-Azure-Cyan azureazurecyan #0099ffBlack black #000000Blue blue #0000ffBlue-Blue-Azure blueblueazure #0033ffBlue-Blue-Violet blueblueviolet #3300ffCyan cyan #00ffffCyan-Cyan-Azure cyancyanazure #00ccffCyan-Cyan-Teal cyancyanteal #00ffccDark Azure-Blue darkazureblue #003399Dark Azure-Cyan darkazurecyan #006699Dark Blue-Azure darkblueazure #0033ccDark Blue-Violet darkblueviolet #3300ccDark Cyan-Azure darkcyanazure #0099ccDark Cyan-Teal darkcyanteal #00cc99Dark Dull Azure darkdullazure #336699Dark Dull Blue darkdullblue #333399Dark Dull Cyan darkdullcyan #339999Dark Dull Green darkdullgreen #339933Dark Dull Magenta darkdullmagenta #993399Dark Dull Orange darkdullorange #996633Dark Dull Pink darkdullpink #993366Dark Dull Red darkdullred #993333Dark Dull Spring darkdullspring #669933Dark Dull Teal darkdullteal #339966Dark Dull Violet darkdullviolet #663399Dark Dull Yellow darkdullyellow #999933Dark Faded Blue darkfadedblue #000099Dark Faded Cyan darkfadedcyan #009999Dark Faded Green darkfadedgreen #009900Dark Faded Magenta darkfadedmagenta #990099Dark Faded Red darkfadedred #990000Dark Faded Yellow darkfadedyellow #999900Dark Gray darkgray #666666Dark Green-Spring darkgreenspring #33cc00Dark Green-Teal darkgreenteal #00cc33Dark Hard Azure darkhardazure #0066ccDark Hard Blue darkhardblue #0000ccDark Hard Cyan darkhardcyan #00ccccDark Hard Green darkhardgreen #00cc00Dark Hard Magenta darkhardmagenta #cc00ccDark Hard Orange darkhardorange #cc6600Dark Hard Pink darkhardpink #cc0066Dark Hard Red darkhardred #cc0000Dark Hard Spring darkhardspring #66cc00Dark Hard Teal darkhardteal #00cc66Dark Hard Violet darkhardviolet #6600ccDark Hard Yellow darkhardyellow #cccc00Dark Magenta-Pink darkmagentapink #cc0099Dark Magenta-Violet darkmagentaviolet #9900ccDark Orange-Red darkorangered #993300Dark Orange-Yellow darkorangeyellow #996600Dark Pink-Magenta darkpinkmagenta #990066Dark Pink-Red darkpinkred #990033Dark Red-Orange darkredorange #cc3300Dark Red-Pink darkredpink #cc0033Dark Spring-Green darkspringgreen #339900Dark Spring-Yellow darkspringyellow #669900Dark Teal-Cyan darktealcyan #009966Dark Teal-Green darktealgreen #009933Dark Violet-Blue darkvioletblue #330099Dark Violet-Magenta darkvioletmagenta #660099Dark Weak Blue darkweakblue #333366Dark Weak Cyan darkweakcyan #336666Dark Weak Green darkweakgreen #336633Dark Weak Magenta darkweakmagenta #663366Dark Weak Red darkweakred #663333Dark Weak Yellow darkweakyellow #666633Dark Yellow-Orange darkyelloworange #cc9900Dark Yellow-Spring darkyellowspring #99cc00Green green #00ff00Green-Green-Spring greengreenspring #33ff00Green-Green-Teal greengreenteal #00ff33Light Azure-Blue lightazureblue #6699ffLight Azure-Cyan lightazurecyan #66ccffLight Blue-Azure lightblueazure #3366ffLight Blue-Violet lightblueviolet #6633ffLight Cyan-Azure lightcyanazure #33ccffLight Cyan-Teal lightcyanteal #33ffccLight Dull Azure lightdullazure #6699ccLight Dull Blue lightdullblue #6666ccLight Dull Cyan lightdullcyan #66ccccLight Dull Green lightdullgreen #66cc66Light Dull Magenta lightdullmagenta #cc66ccLight Dull Orange lightdullorange #cc9966Light Dull Pink lightdullpink #cc6699Light Dull Red lightdullred #cc6666Light Dull Spring lightdullspring #99cc66Light Dull Teal lightdullteal #66cc99Light Dull Violet lightdullviolet #9966ccLight Dull Yellow lightdullyellow #cccc66Light Faded Blue lightfadedblue #6666ffLight Faded Cyan lightfadedcyan #66ffffLight Faded Green lightfadedgreen #66ff66Light Faded Magenta lightfadedmagenta #ff66ffLight Faded Red lightfadedred #ff6666Light Faded Yellow lightfadedyellow #ffff66Light Gray lightgray #999999Light Green-Spring lightgreenspring #66ff33Light Green-Teal lightgreenteal #33ff66Light Hard Azure lighthardazure #3399ffLight Hard Blue lighthardblue #3333ffLight Hard Cyan lighthardcyan #33ffffLight Hard Green lighthardgreen #33ff33Light Hard Magenta lighthardmagenta #ff33ffLight Hard Orange lighthardorange #ff9933Light Hard Pink lighthardpink #ff3399Light Hard Red lighthardred #ff3333Light Hard Spring lighthardspring #99ff33Light Hard Teal lighthardteal #33ff99Light Hard Violet lighthardviolet #9933ffLight Hard Yellow lighthardyellow #ffff33Light Magenta-Pink lightmagentapink #ff33ccLight Magenta-Violet lightmagentaviolet #cc33ffLight Orange-Red lightorangered #ff9966Light Orange-Yellow lightorangeyellow #ffcc66Light Pink-Magenta lightpinkmagenta #ff66ccLight Pink-Red lightpinkred #ff6699Light Red-Orange lightredorange #ff6633Light Red-Pink lightredpink #ff3366Light Spring-Green lightspringgreen #99ff66Light Spring-Yellow lightspringyellow #ccff66Light Teal-Cyan lighttealcyan #66ffccLight Teal-Green lighttealgreen #66ff99Light Violet-Blue lightvioletblue #9966ffLight Violet-Magenta lightvioletmagenta #cc66ffLight Weak Blue lightweakblue #9999ccLight Weak Cyan lightweakcyan #99ccccLight Weak Green lightweakgreen #99cc99Light Weak Magenta lightweakmagenta #cc99ccLight Weak Red lightweakred #cc9999Light Weak Yellow lightweakyellow #cccc99Light Yellow-Orange lightyelloworange #ffcc33Light Yellow-Spring lightyellowspring #ccff33Magenta magenta #ff00ffMagenta-Magenta-Pink magentamagentapink #ff00ccMagenta-Magenta-Violet magentamagentaviolet #cc00ffMedium Azure-Blue mediumazureblue #3366ccMedium Azure-Cyan mediumazurecyan #3399ccMedium Faded Blue mediumfadedblue #3333ccMedium Faded Cyan mediumfadedcyan #33ccccMedium Faded Green mediumfadedgreen #33cc33Medium Faded Magenta mediumfadedmagenta #cc33ccMedium Faded Red mediumfadedred #cc3333Medium Faded Yellow mediumfadedyellow #cccc33Medium Orange-Red mediumorangered #cc6633Medium Orange-Yellow mediumorangeyellow #cc9933Medium Pink-Magenta mediumpinkmagenta #cc3399Medium Pink-Red mediumpinkred #cc3366Medium Spring-Green mediumspringgreen #66cc33Medium Spring-Yellow mediumspringyellow #99cc33Medium Teal-Cyan mediumtealcyan #33cc99Medium Teal-Green mediumtealgreen #33cc66Medium Violet-Blue mediumvioletblue #6633ccMedium Violet-Magenta mediumvioletmagenta #9933ccMedium Weak Blue mediumweakblue #666699Medium Weak Cyan mediumweakcyan #669999Medium Weak Green mediumweakgreen #669966Medium Weak Magenta mediumweakmagenta #996699Medium Weak Red mediumweakred #996666Medium Weak Yellow mediumweakyellow #999966Obscure Dull Azure obscuredullazure #003366Obscure Dull Blue obscuredullblue #000066Obscure Dull Cyan obscuredullcyan #006666Obscure Dull Green obscuredullgreen #006600Obscure Dull Magenta obscuredullmagenta #660066Obscure Dull Orange obscuredullorange #663300Obscure Dull Pink obscuredullpink #660033Obscure Dull Red obscuredullred #660000Obscure Dull Spring obscuredullspring #336600Obscure Dull Teal obscuredullteal #006633Obscure Dull Violet obscuredullviolet #330066Obscure Dull Yellow obscuredullyellow #666600Obscure Gray obscuregray #333333Obscure Weak Blue obscureweakblue #000033Obscure Weak Cyan obscureweakcyan #003333Obscure Weak Green obscureweakgreen #003300Obscure Weak Magenta obscureweakmagenta #330033Obscure Weak Red obscureweakred #330000Obscure Weak Yellow obscureweakyellow #333300Orange-Orange-Red orangeorangered #ff6600Orange-Orange-Yellow orangeorangeyellow #ff9900Pale Dull Azure paledullazure #99ccffPale Dull Blue paledullblue #9999ffPale Dull Cyan paledullcyan #99ffffPale Dull Green paledullgreen #99ff99Pale Dull Magenta paledullmagenta #ff99ffPale Dull Orange paledullorange #ffcc99Pale Dull Pink paledullpink #ff99ccPale Dull Red paledullred #ff9999Pale Dull Spring paledullspring #ccff99Pale Dull Teal paledullteal #99ffccPale Dull Violet paledullviolet #cc99ffPale Dull Yellow paledullyellow #ffff99Pale Gray palegray #ccccccPale Weak Blue paleweakblue #ccccffPale Weak Cyan paleweakcyan #ccffffPale Weak Green paleweakgreen #ccffccPale Weak Magenta paleweakmagenta #ffccffPale Weak Red paleweakred #ffccccPale Weak Yellow paleweakyellow #ffffccPink-Pink-Magenta pinkpinkmagenta #ff0099Pink-Pink-Red pinkpinkred #ff0066Red red #ff0000Red-Red-Orange redredorange #ff3300Red-Red-Pink redredpink #ff0033Spring-Spring-Green springspringgreen #66ff00Spring-Spring-Yellow springspringyellow #99ff00Teal-Teal-Cyan tealtealcyan #00ff99Teal-Teal-Green tealtealgreen #00ff66Violet-Violet-Blue violetvioletblue #6600ffViolet-Violet-Magenta violetvioletmagenta #9900ffWhite white #ffffffYellow yellow #ffff00Yellow-Yellow-Orange yellowyelloworange #ffcc00Yellow-Yellow-Spring yellowyellowspring #ccff00