Color::Library::Dictionary::VACCC(3)

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       #0066ff

        Azure-Azure-Cyan       azureazurecyan       #0099ff

        Black                  black                #000000

        Blue                   blue                 #0000ff

        Blue-Blue-Azure        blueblueazure        #0033ff

        Blue-Blue-Violet       blueblueviolet       #3300ff

        Cyan                   cyan                 #00ffff

        Cyan-Cyan-Azure        cyancyanazure        #00ccff

        Cyan-Cyan-Teal         cyancyanteal         #00ffcc

        Dark Azure-Blue        darkazureblue        #003399

        Dark Azure-Cyan        darkazurecyan        #006699

        Dark Blue-Azure        darkblueazure        #0033cc

        Dark Blue-Violet       darkblueviolet       #3300cc

        Dark Cyan-Azure        darkcyanazure        #0099cc

        Dark Cyan-Teal         darkcyanteal         #00cc99

        Dark Dull Azure        darkdullazure        #336699

        Dark Dull Blue         darkdullblue         #333399

        Dark Dull Cyan         darkdullcyan         #339999

        Dark Dull Green        darkdullgreen        #339933

        Dark Dull Magenta      darkdullmagenta      #993399

        Dark Dull Orange       darkdullorange       #996633

        Dark Dull Pink         darkdullpink         #993366

        Dark Dull Red          darkdullred          #993333

        Dark Dull Spring       darkdullspring       #669933

        Dark Dull Teal         darkdullteal         #339966

        Dark Dull Violet       darkdullviolet       #663399

        Dark Dull Yellow       darkdullyellow       #999933

        Dark Faded Blue        darkfadedblue        #000099

        Dark Faded Cyan        darkfadedcyan        #009999

        Dark Faded Green       darkfadedgreen       #009900

        Dark Faded Magenta     darkfadedmagenta     #990099

        Dark Faded Red         darkfadedred         #990000

        Dark Faded Yellow      darkfadedyellow      #999900

        Dark Gray              darkgray             #666666

        Dark Green-Spring      darkgreenspring      #33cc00

        Dark Green-Teal        darkgreenteal        #00cc33

        Dark Hard Azure        darkhardazure        #0066cc

        Dark Hard Blue         darkhardblue         #0000cc

        Dark Hard Cyan         darkhardcyan         #00cccc

        Dark Hard Green        darkhardgreen        #00cc00

        Dark Hard Magenta      darkhardmagenta      #cc00cc

        Dark Hard Orange       darkhardorange       #cc6600

        Dark Hard Pink         darkhardpink         #cc0066

        Dark Hard Red          darkhardred          #cc0000

        Dark Hard Spring       darkhardspring       #66cc00

        Dark Hard Teal         darkhardteal         #00cc66

        Dark Hard Violet       darkhardviolet       #6600cc

        Dark Hard Yellow       darkhardyellow       #cccc00

        Dark Magenta-Pink      darkmagentapink      #cc0099

        Dark Magenta-Violet    darkmagentaviolet    #9900cc

        Dark Orange-Red        darkorangered        #993300

        Dark Orange-Yellow     darkorangeyellow     #996600

        Dark Pink-Magenta      darkpinkmagenta      #990066

        Dark Pink-Red          darkpinkred          #990033

        Dark Red-Orange        darkredorange        #cc3300

        Dark Red-Pink          darkredpink          #cc0033

        Dark Spring-Green      darkspringgreen      #339900

        Dark Spring-Yellow     darkspringyellow     #669900

        Dark Teal-Cyan         darktealcyan         #009966

        Dark Teal-Green        darktealgreen        #009933

        Dark Violet-Blue       darkvioletblue       #330099

        Dark Violet-Magenta    darkvioletmagenta    #660099

        Dark Weak Blue         darkweakblue         #333366

        Dark Weak Cyan         darkweakcyan         #336666

        Dark Weak Green        darkweakgreen        #336633

        Dark Weak Magenta      darkweakmagenta      #663366

        Dark Weak Red          darkweakred          #663333

        Dark Weak Yellow       darkweakyellow       #666633

        Dark Yellow-Orange     darkyelloworange     #cc9900

        Dark Yellow-Spring     darkyellowspring     #99cc00

        Green                  green                #00ff00

        Green-Green-Spring     greengreenspring     #33ff00

        Green-Green-Teal       greengreenteal       #00ff33

        Light Azure-Blue       lightazureblue       #6699ff

        Light Azure-Cyan       lightazurecyan       #66ccff

        Light Blue-Azure       lightblueazure       #3366ff

        Light Blue-Violet      lightblueviolet      #6633ff

        Light Cyan-Azure       lightcyanazure       #33ccff

        Light Cyan-Teal        lightcyanteal        #33ffcc

        Light Dull Azure       lightdullazure       #6699cc

        Light Dull Blue        lightdullblue        #6666cc

        Light Dull Cyan        lightdullcyan        #66cccc

        Light Dull Green       lightdullgreen       #66cc66

        Light Dull Magenta     lightdullmagenta     #cc66cc

        Light Dull Orange      lightdullorange      #cc9966

        Light Dull Pink        lightdullpink        #cc6699

        Light Dull Red         lightdullred         #cc6666

        Light Dull Spring      lightdullspring      #99cc66

        Light Dull Teal        lightdullteal        #66cc99

        Light Dull Violet      lightdullviolet      #9966cc

        Light Dull Yellow      lightdullyellow      #cccc66

        Light Faded Blue       lightfadedblue       #6666ff

        Light Faded Cyan       lightfadedcyan       #66ffff

        Light Faded Green      lightfadedgreen      #66ff66

        Light Faded Magenta    lightfadedmagenta    #ff66ff

        Light Faded Red        lightfadedred        #ff6666

        Light Faded Yellow     lightfadedyellow     #ffff66

        Light Gray             lightgray            #999999

        Light Green-Spring     lightgreenspring     #66ff33

        Light Green-Teal       lightgreenteal       #33ff66

        Light Hard Azure       lighthardazure       #3399ff

        Light Hard Blue        lighthardblue        #3333ff

        Light Hard Cyan        lighthardcyan        #33ffff

        Light Hard Green       lighthardgreen       #33ff33

        Light Hard Magenta     lighthardmagenta     #ff33ff

        Light Hard Orange      lighthardorange      #ff9933

        Light Hard Pink        lighthardpink        #ff3399

        Light Hard Red         lighthardred         #ff3333

        Light Hard Spring      lighthardspring      #99ff33

        Light Hard Teal        lighthardteal        #33ff99

        Light Hard Violet      lighthardviolet      #9933ff

        Light Hard Yellow      lighthardyellow      #ffff33

        Light Magenta-Pink     lightmagentapink     #ff33cc

        Light Magenta-Violet   lightmagentaviolet   #cc33ff

        Light Orange-Red       lightorangered       #ff9966

        Light Orange-Yellow    lightorangeyellow    #ffcc66

        Light Pink-Magenta     lightpinkmagenta     #ff66cc

        Light Pink-Red         lightpinkred         #ff6699

        Light Red-Orange       lightredorange       #ff6633

        Light Red-Pink         lightredpink         #ff3366

        Light Spring-Green     lightspringgreen     #99ff66

        Light Spring-Yellow    lightspringyellow    #ccff66

        Light Teal-Cyan        lighttealcyan        #66ffcc

        Light Teal-Green       lighttealgreen       #66ff99

        Light Violet-Blue      lightvioletblue      #9966ff

        Light Violet-Magenta   lightvioletmagenta   #cc66ff

        Light Weak Blue        lightweakblue        #9999cc

        Light Weak Cyan        lightweakcyan        #99cccc

        Light Weak Green       lightweakgreen       #99cc99

        Light Weak Magenta     lightweakmagenta     #cc99cc

        Light Weak Red         lightweakred         #cc9999

        Light Weak Yellow      lightweakyellow      #cccc99

        Light Yellow-Orange    lightyelloworange    #ffcc33

        Light Yellow-Spring    lightyellowspring    #ccff33

        Magenta                magenta              #ff00ff

        Magenta-Magenta-Pink   magentamagentapink   #ff00cc

        Magenta-Magenta-Violet magentamagentaviolet #cc00ff

        Medium Azure-Blue      mediumazureblue      #3366cc

        Medium Azure-Cyan      mediumazurecyan      #3399cc

        Medium Faded Blue      mediumfadedblue      #3333cc

        Medium Faded Cyan      mediumfadedcyan      #33cccc

        Medium Faded Green     mediumfadedgreen     #33cc33

        Medium Faded Magenta   mediumfadedmagenta   #cc33cc

        Medium Faded Red       mediumfadedred       #cc3333

        Medium Faded Yellow    mediumfadedyellow    #cccc33

        Medium Orange-Red      mediumorangered      #cc6633

        Medium Orange-Yellow   mediumorangeyellow   #cc9933

        Medium Pink-Magenta    mediumpinkmagenta    #cc3399

        Medium Pink-Red        mediumpinkred        #cc3366

        Medium Spring-Green    mediumspringgreen    #66cc33

        Medium Spring-Yellow   mediumspringyellow   #99cc33

        Medium Teal-Cyan       mediumtealcyan       #33cc99

        Medium Teal-Green      mediumtealgreen      #33cc66

        Medium Violet-Blue     mediumvioletblue     #6633cc

        Medium Violet-Magenta  mediumvioletmagenta  #9933cc

        Medium Weak Blue       mediumweakblue       #666699

        Medium Weak Cyan       mediumweakcyan       #669999

        Medium Weak Green      mediumweakgreen      #669966

        Medium Weak Magenta    mediumweakmagenta    #996699

        Medium Weak Red        mediumweakred        #996666

        Medium Weak Yellow     mediumweakyellow     #999966

        Obscure Dull Azure     obscuredullazure     #003366

        Obscure Dull Blue      obscuredullblue      #000066

        Obscure Dull Cyan      obscuredullcyan      #006666

        Obscure Dull Green     obscuredullgreen     #006600

        Obscure Dull Magenta   obscuredullmagenta   #660066

        Obscure Dull Orange    obscuredullorange    #663300

        Obscure Dull Pink      obscuredullpink      #660033

        Obscure Dull Red       obscuredullred       #660000

        Obscure Dull Spring    obscuredullspring    #336600

        Obscure Dull Teal      obscuredullteal      #006633

        Obscure Dull Violet    obscuredullviolet    #330066

        Obscure Dull Yellow    obscuredullyellow    #666600

        Obscure Gray           obscuregray          #333333

        Obscure Weak Blue      obscureweakblue      #000033

        Obscure Weak Cyan      obscureweakcyan      #003333

        Obscure Weak Green     obscureweakgreen     #003300

        Obscure Weak Magenta   obscureweakmagenta   #330033

        Obscure Weak Red       obscureweakred       #330000

        Obscure Weak Yellow    obscureweakyellow    #333300

        Orange-Orange-Red      orangeorangered      #ff6600

        Orange-Orange-Yellow   orangeorangeyellow   #ff9900

        Pale Dull Azure        paledullazure        #99ccff

        Pale Dull Blue         paledullblue         #9999ff

        Pale Dull Cyan         paledullcyan         #99ffff

        Pale Dull Green        paledullgreen        #99ff99

        Pale Dull Magenta      paledullmagenta      #ff99ff

        Pale Dull Orange       paledullorange       #ffcc99

        Pale Dull Pink         paledullpink         #ff99cc

        Pale Dull Red          paledullred          #ff9999

        Pale Dull Spring       paledullspring       #ccff99

        Pale Dull Teal         paledullteal         #99ffcc

        Pale Dull Violet       paledullviolet       #cc99ff

        Pale Dull Yellow       paledullyellow       #ffff99

        Pale Gray              palegray             #cccccc

        Pale Weak Blue         paleweakblue         #ccccff

        Pale Weak Cyan         paleweakcyan         #ccffff

        Pale Weak Green        paleweakgreen        #ccffcc

        Pale Weak Magenta      paleweakmagenta      #ffccff

        Pale Weak Red          paleweakred          #ffcccc

        Pale Weak Yellow       paleweakyellow       #ffffcc

        Pink-Pink-Magenta      pinkpinkmagenta      #ff0099

        Pink-Pink-Red          pinkpinkred          #ff0066

        Red                    red                  #ff0000

        Red-Red-Orange         redredorange         #ff3300

        Red-Red-Pink           redredpink           #ff0033

        Spring-Spring-Green    springspringgreen    #66ff00

        Spring-Spring-Yellow   springspringyellow   #99ff00

        Teal-Teal-Cyan         tealtealcyan         #00ff99

        Teal-Teal-Green        tealtealgreen        #00ff66

        Violet-Violet-Blue     violetvioletblue     #6600ff

        Violet-Violet-Magenta  violetvioletmagenta  #9900ff

        White                  white                #ffffff

        Yellow                 yellow               #ffff00

        Yellow-Yellow-Orange   yellowyelloworange   #ffcc00

        Yellow-Yellow-Spring   yellowyellowspring   #ccff00