[HN Gopher] Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words ___________________________________________________________________ Hexwords: Hex colors that are similar to words Author : cialowicz Score : 146 points Date : 2022-06-08 20:35 UTC (2 hours ago) (HTM) web link (hexwords.netlify.app) (TXT) w3m dump (hexwords.netlify.app) | andix wrote: | You can do the same with ipv6 addresses. Something like | dead:beef::babe | svnpenn wrote: | Doesnt work with Firefox | | http://0x0.st/oMvf.png | CobrastanJorji wrote: | #5A6E57, SAGEST, is interesting because it appears to be the most | sage-like color on the board and is therefore autological. | cygnusryefly wrote: | @Godel -- look! | tralarpa wrote: | And also three-digit color codes, such as #BAD. And for non-hex | colors, we have this: | https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8318911/why-does-html-th... | xigoi wrote: | I have a project named "xidoc". I spent a long time trying to | come up with a logo and a primary color, then I got the cute idea | of using the letter x (xi) in the color #d0c (which happens to be | a quite lovely magenta). | duffyjp wrote: | You should collaborate with https://colornames.org/ | kwatsonafter wrote: | This is the kind of quirky, brilliant link I crave from Hacker | News. If I was near you creator, I would garland you and rub your | feet. | helsinki wrote: | Odd. I have the opposite opinion. I find that it was not worth | my brain power. I mean, what is the point? Not trying to be | rude or disparaging, but the first thing that came to mind when | I saw this is, 'The quality of HN has gone to shit'. | hypertele-Xii wrote: | I think you're both right. It's a fun little page that | doesn't actually serve any purpose, like... comedic art? | | The practical solutions to this opinion divide are to somehow | categorize entries like this as [funny] or whatever so people | can skip them informedly, or to simply accept that HN | aggregates content that appeals to different minds. | moron4hire wrote: | Interesting. You consider it a waste of time. So this post | from you must be an example of the sunk cost fallacy, as you | throw good time after bad. | bricemo wrote: | I have enjoyed this exchange about as much as the original | link. Bravo | abathur wrote: | This is dumb, and I am in love with it. I'll have to use some of | these... :) | nathias wrote: | pretty cool, now we need something like a prettier plugin that | forces hexes to the nearest hexword to make it useful | ljoshua wrote: | #B00B00 is one of my favorites as a dad with young kids (it's | red). :) | phelm wrote: | Didn't someone once set the PETA website to #BEEEEF | jalk wrote: | Love it. Now I need some nice looking/sounding palette phrases | :-) | superb-owl wrote: | You many want to consider a naughty words filter. | https://github.com/LDNOOBW/List-of-Dirty-Naughty-Obscene-and... | failTide wrote: | I understand a lot of those, but why is "beaver cleaver" on the | list? I could see how it might be used in a dirty way, but that | can't be the most common way it's used, right? | hoppyhoppy2 wrote: | Web surfers who don't want to incidentally encounter adult | language like #T1771E or #B00B1E might consider using parental- | control software. I'd also remind people that, according to | this site's Legal page, HN is not directed at users under 13 | years of age. | warning26 wrote: | Since the _raison d 'etre_ of this project seems to be spelling | ridiculous things out of hex colors, I think it would lose a | lot of its appeal with such a filter. | spencerflem wrote: | I love this <3 | mikece wrote: | Where has this been all of my career? Very #BADA55 indeed! | jjslocum3 wrote: | What a fun and fantastic mnemonic tool! | mattrb wrote: | Reminds me a lot of https://c0ffee.surge.sh | nr2x wrote: | This should be turned into some hybrid between Wordle and MDN. | bezoz wrote: | This would make a pretty cool MIT Mystery Hunt puzzle! | thrdbndndn wrote: | What does "alpha" switch do? | itcrowd wrote: | Includes longer words to define the alpha (transparency) | channnel | tunesmith wrote: | I love that "booboo" is blood red. | pdpi wrote: | Hexspeak[0] is a time-honoured tradition, with constants like | 0xDEADBEEF used to mark uninitialised memory. Fun to see it | applied to colours. | | 0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexspeak | collegeburner wrote: | Yeah B15B00B5 and CAFEBABE are 2 of my favorite funnier ones | Ive used a bunch of times. They make for more interesting | placeholder values than "foo" and "bar" anyway. | netsharc wrote: | Shouldn't that be B16? | | I'd make a joke about beware of the woke crowd coming for | you, but I think even joking about that causes offense | nowadays. | hypertele-Xii wrote: | No 6 looks like a 'b'. I think closest to 'g' is 9. | hypertele-Xii wrote: | Without commenting on the reasonability of it, you may want | to be aware that a growing population of vegetarian and | female tech workers may find these offensive. | amelius wrote: | 7->T and 6->G is pushing it too far, imho. | spencerchubb wrote: | i agree, 9 would be better suited as G | warning26 wrote: | I'd like to have filters to play with different levels of | substitution. Only alpha, only 3 -> e, etc. | BaraBatman wrote: | Isn't LEET === 1337 pretty standard? | hifikuno wrote: | For some reason I used to think that 1337 was LEET upside | down. | hunter2_ wrote: | Bringing up the topic of "leet" actually serves in two | capacities: not only is it a prime example of 7=T, but | leetspeak's overall orthography [0] is conceptually similar | to this "hexwords" site far beyond 7=T. | | [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet#Orthography | googlryas wrote: | 2->Z as well. I've been a h4x0r for 25+ years and "21663D" | looks nothing like "zigged" to me. | dmead wrote: | Is #FA6607 the hacker news orange? | curling_grad wrote: | The hacker news orange is #ff6600. Pretty close. | citruscomputing wrote: | Yeah, if you sort by closeness, this is the closest word. | [deleted] ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-06-08 23:00 UTC)