`grey` is darker than `darkgrey`
(#808080 vs #a9a9a9)

gg CSS

Similarly, `lightskyblue` (#87cefa) isn't a lighter `skyblue` (#87ceeb) -- it just looks a little less green.

@Letmecode haha
It's annoyed me for several years, too.

@Letmecode oh, one of the distros I've used recently (Ubuntu?) had apparently fixed this in its color selector/etc. by swapping the values. The thought of inconsistencies annoyed me, but it was fixed, so... not really sure how I felt about it. Probably best to leave it incorrect.

Am I the only one only using these color names for white and black? ^^
else i quickly guess a 3 digit code

Yeah, better sticking to hex or rgb values to be forward compatible

lol what oO
gonna try out because i never used the names before

@620hun css colors are forward compatible.

Always thought written colours is for those not yet mastered how to read/write hex values

@namnbyte No. They're just for convenience.

An added benefit is that they (at least somewhat) encourage a consistent set of colors across the web.

@configurator are they? I must have misunderstood what @Ashkin said.

Wow, that's a really good point. Huh.