Bug 46658 – The web colours palevioletred and mediumpurple are incorrect

• Component: CSS
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Paul Gillard]

The RGB values returned for the palevioletred and mediumpurple web colours in Safari Version 5.0.2 (6533.18.5) and Chrome 6.0.472.63 are incorrect. Given the colours are incorrect in both browsers I'm assuming this is a WebKit issue. The following code can be used to illustrate the difference when compared to http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/#svg-color.

getWebColor = function(colour) {
  i = document.createElement("i")
  i.title = "Example"
  document.body.appendChild(i)
  i.style.color = colour
  document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(i, "").getPropertyValue("color")
}

getWebColor('mediumpurple');
getWebColor('palevioletred');

[Rob Buis]

I can confirm, and it also documented for instance here:

http://code.google.com/p/doctype/wiki/MediumpurpleCSSColor

However I do not know whether it was done intentional.
Cheers,

Rob.

[Emil A Eklund]

Created attachment 85400 [details]
Patch

Likely a type in the original import, in both cases the fix is to change 8->B.

[Emil A Eklund]

Err, type->typo.

[Alexey Proskuryakov]

Comment on attachment 85400 [details]
Patch

I'll give a tentative r+, but please make sure that this matches other browsers.

[Emil A Eklund]

Of course. I verified on Mozilla (3.6) and IE (9) and they both match the specification.

I could check older versions of IE and Mozilla if you'd like me to.

[Alexey Proskuryakov]

Comment on attachment 85400 [details]
Patch

Probably not worth checking old versions in this case.

[WebKit Commit Bot]

Comment on attachment 85400 [details]
Patch

Clearing flags on attachment: 85400

Committed r80823: <http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/80823>

[WebKit Commit Bot]

All reviewed patches have been landed.  Closing bug.