CSS named colors have the most weird names ever! Color names are like <code>lightgoldenrodyellow</code>, <code>papayawhip</code> , <code>mediumvioletred</code> , <code>blanchedalmond</code> just to name a few..
More here: <a target='_blank' href="http://www.crockford.com/wrrrld/color.html">http://www.crockford.com/wrrrld/color.html</a>
This kinda makes a lot of these colors unusable. is there a reason behind this? or is it just plain stupid?

CSS named colors have the most weird names ever! Color names are like `lightgoldenrodyellow`, `papayawhip` , `mediumvioletred` , `blanchedalmond` just to name a few..

More here: http://www.crockford.com/wrrrld/color.html

This kinda makes a lot of these colors unusable. is there a reason behind this? or is it just plain stupid?

Are CSS colors stupid?

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