Trying to map the correct human colour names to hsl-hue values.
In order to set the correct colour names, saturation is set to 100%, and lightness to 50%. So hsl(120,100%,50%)
might result in something like A highly saturated green
. I guess this is a good setting for analyzing colours, if you know a better setting, let me know. Colours like brown will not appear with this setting — brown might be described like an unsaturated, dark red
instead.
In this next table you'll see the value of the hue, and the human name behind it. If you know a better layout for such a table, please let me know.
We're looking for the correct names here and for the correct boundaries: does green really end at 163? If you know of a scientific approach, please let me know.
0 = red
1 = red
2 = red
3 = red
4 = red
5 = red
6 = red
7 = red
8 = red
9 = red
10 = red
11 = red
12 = red
13 = red
14 = red
15 = reddish
16 = orange
17 = orange
18 = orange
19 = orange
20 = orange
21 = orange
22 = orange
23 = orange
24 = orange
25 = orange
26 = orange
27 = orange
28 = orange
29 = orange
30 = orange
31 = orange
32 = orange
33 = orange
34 = orange
35 = orange
36 = orange
37 = orange
38 = orange
39 = orange
40 = orange
41 = orange
42 = orange
43 = orange
44 = orange
45 = orange
46 = yellow
47 = yellow
48 = yellow
49 = yellow
50 = yellow
51 = yellow
52 = yellow
53 = yellow
54 = yellow
55 = yellow
56 = yellow
57 = yellow
58 = yellow
59 = yellow
60 = yellow
61 = yellow
62 = yellow
63 = yellow
64 = yellow
65 = yellow
66 = yellow
67 = yellow
68 = yellow
69 = yellow
70 = yellow
71 = lime
72 = lime
73 = lime
74 = lime
75 = lime
76 = lime
77 = lime
78 = lime
79 = lime
80 = green
81 = green
82 = green
83 = green
84 = green
85 = green
86 = green
87 = green
88 = green
89 = green
90 = green
91 = green
92 = green
93 = green
94 = green
95 = green
96 = green
97 = green
98 = green
99 = green
100 = green
101 = green
102 = green
103 = green
104 = green
105 = green
106 = green
107 = green
108 = green
109 = green
110 = green
111 = green
112 = green
113 = green
114 = green
115 = green
116 = green
117 = green
118 = green
119 = green
120 = green
121 = green
122 = green
123 = green
124 = green
125 = green
126 = green
127 = green
128 = green
129 = green
130 = green
131 = green
132 = green
133 = green
134 = green
135 = green
136 = green
137 = green
138 = green
139 = green
140 = green
141 = green
142 = green
143 = green
144 = green
145 = green
146 = green
147 = green
148 = green
149 = green
150 = green
151 = green
152 = green
153 = green
154 = green
155 = green
156 = green
157 = green
158 = green
159 = green
160 = green
161 = green
162 = green
163 = green
164 = cyan
165 = cyan
166 = cyan
167 = cyan
168 = cyan
169 = cyan
170 = cyan
171 = cyan
172 = cyan
173 = cyan
174 = cyan
175 = cyan
176 = cyan
177 = cyan
178 = cyan
179 = cyan
180 = cyan
181 = cyan
182 = cyan
183 = cyan
184 = cyan
185 = cyan
186 = cyan
187 = cyan
188 = cyan
189 = cyan
190 = cyan
191 = cyan
192 = cyan
193 = cyan
194 = blue
195 = blue
196 = blue
197 = blue
198 = blue
199 = blue
200 = blue
201 = blue
202 = blue
203 = blue
204 = blue
205 = blue
206 = blue
207 = blue
208 = blue
209 = blue
210 = blue
211 = blue
212 = blue
213 = blue
214 = blue
215 = blue
216 = blue
217 = blue
218 = blue
219 = blue
220 = blue
221 = blue
222 = blue
223 = blue
224 = blue
225 = blue
226 = blue
227 = blue
228 = blue
229 = blue
230 = blue
231 = blue
232 = blue
233 = blue
234 = blue
235 = blue
236 = blue
237 = blue
238 = blue
239 = blue
240 = blue
241 = indigo
242 = indigo
243 = indigo
244 = indigo
245 = indigo
246 = indigo
247 = indigo
248 = indigo
249 = indigo
250 = indigo
251 = indigo
252 = indigo
253 = indigo
254 = indigo
255 = indigo
256 = indigo
257 = indigo
258 = indigo
259 = indigo
260 = indigo
261 = violet
262 = violet
263 = violet
264 = violet
265 = violet
266 = violet
267 = violet
268 = violet
269 = violet
270 = violet
271 = purple
272 = purple
273 = purple
274 = purple
275 = purple
276 = purple
277 = purple
278 = purple
279 = purple
280 = purple
281 = purple
282 = purple
283 = purple
284 = purple
285 = purple
286 = purple
287 = purple
288 = purple
289 = purple
290 = purple
291 = purple
292 = magenta
293 = magenta
294 = magenta
295 = magenta
296 = magenta
297 = magenta
298 = magenta
299 = magenta
300 = magenta
301 = magenta
302 = magenta
303 = magenta
304 = magenta
305 = magenta
306 = magenta
307 = magenta
308 = magenta
309 = magenta
310 = magenta
311 = magenta
312 = magenta
313 = magenta
314 = magenta
315 = magenta
316 = magenta
317 = magenta
318 = magenta
319 = magenta
320 = magenta
321 = magenta
322 = magenta
323 = magenta
324 = magenta
325 = magenta
326 = magenta
327 = magenta
328 = rose
329 = rose
330 = rose
331 = rose
332 = rose
333 = rose
334 = rose
335 = rose
336 = rose
337 = rose
338 = rose
339 = rose
340 = rose
341 = rose
342 = rose
343 = rose
344 = rose
345 = red
346 = red
347 = red
348 = red
349 = red
350 = red
351 = red
352 = red
353 = red
354 = red
355 = red
356 = red
357 = red
358 = red
359 = red