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The Color Naming System (CNS) is a systematic notation for named colors for computer applications using
CNS uses ten color names, three of which (''black, white, gray'') are special, and has them combined or prefixed with several modifiers.
The system expressed in
named-color := gray-color , chromatic-color
gray-color := 'black' , 'white' , lightness gray
gray := 'gray' , 'grey'
chromatic-color := shade hue , saturation hue
tint := 'whitish' , 'pale' , 'brilliant' , 'vivid'
shade := 'blackish' , 'dim' , 'deep' , 'vivid'
saturation := 'grayish' , 'moderate' , 'strong' , 'vivid'
lightness := 'moderate' , 'very'? 'light' hue := splash-color? base-color , base-color '-' base-color
base-color := 'red' , 'orange' , 'brown' , 'yellow' , 'green' , 'blue' , 'purple'
splash-color := 'reddish' , 'orangish' , 'brownish' , 'yellowish' , 'greenish' , 'bluish' , 'purplish'
color := , lightness , , transparencyhue
saturation := absolute saturation-value , saturation-value relative
saturation-value := 'dull' , 'bright'
lightness := absolute lightness-value , lightness-value relative
lightness-value := 'dark' , 'light'
absolute := odifier '-'
modifier := 'extra' , 'semi'
relative := 'er'
transparency := semi-' opacity-value
opacity-value := 'opaque' , 'transparent'
hue := prime , general , special
prime := 'red' , 'green' , 'blue' , 'cyan' , 'magenta' , 'yellow' , 'white' , 'black'
general := 'navy' , 'lime' , 'teal' , 'aqua' , 'maroon' , 'purple' , 'fuchsia' , 'olive' , 'gray' , 'silver'
special := extra , composite ; composite ≈ prime '-' prime
extra := 'pink' , 'brown' , 'tan' , 'orange'
composite := 'yellow-green' , 'green-cyan' , 'cyan-blue' , 'blue-magenta' , 'magenta-red' , …
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System
CNS uses ten color names, three of which (''black, white, gray'') are special, and has them combined or prefixed with several modifiers.
The system expressed in Backus–Naur form
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looks something like this:.
Derivations
There have been variations of the CNS proposed for inclusion intoCSS
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that are more compatible with existing schemes.{{cite web, url=http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-style/2002May/0201.html, author=Benjamin D. Gray, date=May 2002, title=New CSS3 Color Names
See also
ISCC-NBS System - a competing color naming systemReferences