VACCC — VisiBone Anglo-Centric Color Code

	HTML code	VACCC abbre- viation	VACCC name
	FFFFFF	W	White
	CCCCCC	PG	Pale Gray
	999999	LG	Light Gray
	666666	DG	Dark Gray
	333333	OG	Obscure Gray
	000000	K	Black
	FF0000	R	Red
	FF3333	LHR	Light Hard Red
	CC0000	DHR	Dark Hard Red
	FF6666	LFR	Light Faded Red
	CC3333	MFR	Medium Faded Red
	990000	DFR	Dark Faded Red
	FF9999	PDR	Pale Dull Red
	CC6666	LDR	Light Dull Red
	993333	DDR	Dark Dull Red
	660000	ODR	Obscure Dull Red
	FFCCCC	PWR	Pale Weak Red
	CC9999	LWR	Light Weak Red
	996666	MWR	Medium Weak Red
	663333	DWR	Dark Weak Red
	330000	OWR	Obscure Weak Red
	FF3300	RRO	Red-Red-Orange
	FF6633	LRO	Light Red-Orange
	CC3300	DRO	Dark Red-Orange
	FF9966	LOR	Light Orange-Red
	CC6633	MOR	Medium Orange-Red
	993300	DOR	Dark Orange-Red
	FF6600	OOR	Orange-Orange-Red
	FF9933	LHO	Light Hard Orange
	CC6600	DHO	Dark Hard Orange
	FFCC99	PDO	Pale Dull Orange
	CC9966	LDO	Light Dull Orange
	996633	DDO	Dark Dull Orange
	663300	ODO	Obscure Dull Orange
	FF9900	OOY	Orange-Orange-Yellow
	FFCC66	LOY	Light Orange-Yellow
	CC9933	MOY	Medium Orange-Yellow
	996600	DOY	Dark Orange-Yellow
	CC9900	DYO	Dark Yellow-Orange
	FFCC33	LYO	Light Yellow-Orange
	FFCC00	YYO	Yellow-Yellow-Orange
	FFFF00	Y	Yellow
	FFFF33	LHY	Light Hard Yellow
	CCCC00	DHY	Dark Hard Yellow
	FFFF66	LFY	Light Faded Yellow
	CCCC33	MFY	Medium Faded Yellow
	999900	DFY	Dark Faded Yellow
	FFFF99	PDY	Pale Dull Yellow
	CCCC66	LDY	Light Dull Yellow
	999933	DDY	Dark Dull Yellow
	666600	ODY	Obscure Dull Yellow
	FFFFCC	PWY	Pale Weak Yellow
	CCCC99	LWY	Light Weak Yellow
	999966	MWY	Medium Weak Yellow
	666633	DWY	Dark Weak Yellow
	333300	OWY	Obscure Weak Yellow
	CCFF00	YYS	Yellow-Yellow-Spring
	CCFF33	LYS	Light Yellow-Spring
	99CC00	DYS	Dark Yellow-Spring
	CCFF66	LSY	Light Spring-Yellow
	99CC33	MSY	Medium Spring-Yellow
	669900	DSY	Dark Spring-Yellow
	99FF00	SSY	Spring-Spring-Yellow
	99FF33	LHS	Light Hard Spring
	66CC00	DHS	Dark Hard Spring
	CCFF99	PDS	Pale Dull Spring
	99CC66	LDS	Light Dull Spring
	669933	DDS	Dark Dull Spring
	336600	ODS	Obscure Dull Spring
	66FF00	SSG	Spring-Spring-Green
	99FF66	LSG	Light Spring-Green
	66CC33	MSG	Medium Spring-Green
	339900	DSG	Dark Spring-Green
	66FF33	LGS	Light Green-Spring
	33CC00	DGS	Dark Green-Spring
	33FF00	GGS	Green-Green-Spring
	00FF00	G	Green
	33FF33	LHG	Light Hard Green
	00CC00	DHG	Dark Hard Green
	66FF66	LFG	Light Faded Green
	33CC33	MFG	Medium Faded Green
	009900	DFG	Dark Faded Green
	99FF99	PDG	Pale Dull Green
	66CC66	LDG	Light Dull Green
	339933	DDG	Dark Dull Green
	006600	ODG	Obscure Dull Green
	CCFFCC	PWG	Pale Weak Green
	99CC99	LWG	Light Weak Green
	669966	MWG	Medium Weak Green
	336633	DWG	Dark Weak Green
	003300	OWG	Obscure Weak Green
	00FF33	GGT	Green-Green-Teal
	33FF66	LGT	Light Green-Teal
	00CC33	DGT	Dark Green-Teal
	66FF99	LTG	Light Teal-Green
	33CC66	MTG	Medium Teal-Green
	009933	DTG	Dark Teal-Green
	00FF66	TTG	Teal-Teal-Green
	33FF99	LHT	Light Hard Teal
	00CC66	DHT	Dark Hard Teal
	99FFCC	PDT	Pale Dull Teal
	66CC99	LDT	Light Dull Teal
	339966	DDT	Dark Dull Teal
	006633	ODT	Obscure Dull Teal
	00FF99	TTC	Teal-Teal-Cyan
	66FFCC	LTC	Light Teal-Cyan
	33CC99	MTC	Medium Teal-Cyan
	009966	DTC	Dark Teal-Cyan
	33FFCC	LCT	Light Cyan-Teal
	00CC99	DCT	Dark Cyan-Teal
	00FFCC	CCT	Cyan-Cyan-Teal
	00FFFF	C	Cyan
	33FFFF	LHC	Light Hard Cyan
	00CCCC	DHC	Dark Hard Cyan
	66FFFF	LFC	Light Faded Cyan
	33CCCC	MFC	Medium Faded Cyan
	009999	DFC	Dark Faded Cyan
	99FFFF	PDC	Pale Dull Cyan
	66CCCC	LDC	Light Dull Cyan
	339999	DDC	Dark Dull Cyan
	006666	ODC	Obscure Dull Cyan
	CCFFFF	PWC	Pale Weak Cyan
	99CCCC	LWC	Light Weak Cyan
	669999	MWC	Medium Weak Cyan
	336666	DWC	Dark Weak Cyan
	003333	OWC	Obscure Weak Cyan
	00CCFF	CCA	Cyan-Cyan-Azure
	33CCFF	LCA	Light Cyan-Azure
	0099CC	DCA	Dark Cyan-Azure
	66CCFF	LAC	Light Azure-Cyan
	3399CC	MAC	Medium Azure-Cyan
	006699	DAC	Dark Azure-Cyan
	0099FF	AAC	Azure-Azure-Cyan
	3399FF	LHA	Light Hard Azure
	0066CC	DHA	Dark Hard Azure
	99CCFF	PDA	Pale Dull Azure
	6699CC	LDA	Light Dull Azure
	336699	DDA	Dark Dull Azure
	003366	ODA	Obscure Dull Azure
	0066FF	AAB	Azure-Azure-Blue
	6699FF	LAB	Light Azure-Blue
	3366CC	MAB	Medium Azure-Blue
	003399	DAB	Dark Azure-Blue
	3366FF	LBA	Light Blue-Azure
	0033CC	DBA	Dark Blue-Azure
	0033FF	BBA	Blue-Blue-Azure
	0000FF	B	Blue
	3333FF	LHB	Light Hard Blue
	0000CC	DHB	Dark Hard Blue
	6666FF	LFB	Light Faded Blue
	3333CC	MFB	Medium Faded Blue
	000099	DFB	Dark Faded Blue
	9999FF	PDB	Pale Dull Blue
	6666CC	LDB	Light Dull Blue
	333399	DDB	Dark Dull Blue
	000066	ODB	Obscure Dull Blue
	CCCCFF	PWB	Pale Weak Blue
	9999CC	LWB	Light Weak Blue
	666699	MWB	Medium Weak Blue
	333366	DWB	Dark Weak Blue
	000033	OWB	Obscure Weak Blue
	3300FF	BBV	Blue-Blue-Violet
	6633FF	LBV	Light Blue-Violet
	3300CC	DBV	Dark Blue-Violet
	9966FF	LVB	Light Violet-Blue
	6633CC	MVB	Medium Violet-Blue
	330099	DVB	Dark Violet-Blue
	6600FF	VVB	Violet-Violet-Blue
	9933FF	LHV	Light Hard Violet
	6600CC	DHV	Dark Hard Violet
	CC99FF	PDV	Pale Dull Violet
	9966CC	LDV	Light Dull Violet
	663399	DDV	Dark Dull Violet
	330066	ODV	Obscure Dull Violet
	9900FF	VVM	Violet-Violet-Magenta
	CC66FF	LVM	Light Violet-Magenta
	9933CC	MVM	Medium Violet-Magenta
	660099	DVM	Dark Violet-Magenta
	CC33FF	LMV	Light Magenta-Violet
	9900CC	DMV	Dark Magenta-Violet
	CC00FF	MMV	Magenta-Magenta-Violet
	FF00FF	M	Magenta
	FF33FF	LHM	Light Hard Magenta
	CC00CC	DHM	Dark Hard Magenta
	FF66FF	LFM	Light Faded Magenta
	CC33CC	MFM	Medium Faded Magenta
	990099	DFM	Dark Faded Magenta
	FF99FF	PDM	Pale Dull Magenta
	CC66CC	LDM	Light Dull Magenta
	993399	DDM	Dark Dull Magenta
	660066	ODM	Obscure Dull Magenta
	FFCCFF	PWM	Pale Weak Magenta
	CC99CC	LWM	Light Weak Magenta
	996699	MWM	Medium Weak Magenta
	663366	DWM	Dark Weak Magenta
	330033	OWM	Obscure Weak Magenta
	FF00CC	MMP	Magenta-Magenta-Pink
	FF33CC	LMP	Light Magenta-Pink
	CC0099	DMP	Dark Magenta-Pink
	FF66CC	LPM	Light Pink-Magenta
	CC3399	MPM	Medium Pink-Magenta
	990066	DPM	Dark Pink-Magenta
	FF0099	PPM	Pink-Pink-Magenta
	FF3399	LHP	Light Hard Pink
	CC0066	DHP	Dark Hard Pink
	FF99CC	PDP	Pale Dull Pink
	CC6699	LDP	Light Dull Pink
	993366	DDP	Dark Dull Pink
	660033	ODP	Obscure Dull Pink
	FF0066	PPR	Pink-Pink-Red
	FF6699	LPR	Light Pink-Red
	CC3366	MPR	Medium Pink-Red
	990033	DPR	Dark Pink-Red
	FF3366	LRP	Light Red-Pink
	CC0033	DRP	Dark Red-Pink
	FF0033	RRP	Red-Red-Pink

There are 60 hues in the palette, and each one has a name here, for example Red, Red-Orange, Yellow-Spring, Magenta-Magenta-Violet.  Some hues have as many as fifteen shades in the palette, some only one.  The shades of a given hue are grouped together.  The vividness of a shade is also called its saturation.   The lightness/darkness is called its brightness or intensity.

Excerpt of the Webmaster's Palette Poster

Light Ramblings:  Perception Versus Reality

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.

Back to the color lab!

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