Dreamweaver css3-html5 colornames

darkgray means something to me. But honestly, #999999 ...what's that?
Browsers all know css3-html5 colorname css syntax, but where are colornames in Dreamweaver? When I am in code view and inserting color property, the only Dreamweaver popup is an ancient color grid. Where is the colornames popup? I have been using colornames popup in Expression Studio for years. I sure hope someone can tell me where colornames are in the dynamic Dreamweaver CSS3-html5 codeview popups.

Color names are inconsistant. Dark grey means nothing to me. But Cool Grey 9 would mean a PMS color. And based on the W3C dark gray is actually #A9A9A9, not #999999 ( source ) . And colornames to not represent all variations of colors. Do you see the disconnect? I agree with you that hex codes are meaningless but I would argue that the compromise is moving to rgba for colors which is supported in CSS3. Moving forward RGBA is something that is being used more and more by Adobe. This is because if you go to an artist and they design something in Photoshop, Illustrator or Fireworks, dark gray is an arbitrary value whereas the coded value can be replicated across all mediums.

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