Generic function
Looks up and returns a color by name.
find-color name palette #key error? => color
<string>.
<palette>.
<boolean>. Default value: #f.
<color>.
duim-dcsduim-dcs Looks up and returns a color by name. Table 4.2 lists the commonly provided color names that can be looked up with find-color.
alice-blue | antique-white | aquamarine |
azure | beige | bisque |
black | blanched-almond | blue |
blue-violet | brown | burlywood |
cadet-blue | chartreuse | chocolate |
coral | cornflower-blue | cornsilk |
cyan | dark-goldenrod | dark-green |
dark-khaki | dark-olive-green | dark-orange |
dark-orchid | dark-salmon | dark-sea-green |
dark-slate-blue | dark-slate-gray | dark-turquoise |
dark-violet | deep-pink | deep-sky-blue |
dim-gray | dodger-blue | firebrick |
floral-white | forest-green | gainsboro |
ghost-white | gold | goldenrod |
gray | green | green-yellow |
honeydew | hot-pink | indian-red |
ivory | khaki | lavender |
lavender-blush | lawn-green | lemon-chiffon |
light-blue | light-coral | light-cyan |
light-goldenrod | light-goldenrod-yellow | light-gray |
light-pink | light-salmon | light-sea-green |
light-sky-blue | light-slate-blue | light-slate-gray |
light-steel-blue | light-yellow | lime-green |
linen | magenta | maroon |
medium-aquamarine | medium-blue | medium-orchid |
medium-purple | medium-sea-green | medium-slate-blue |
medium-spring-green | medium-turquoise | medium-violet-red |
midnight-blue | mint-cream | misty-rose |
moccasin | navajo-white | navy-blue |
old-lace | olive-drab | orange |
orange-red | orchid | pale-goldenrod |
pale-green | pale-turquoise | pale-violet-red |
papaya-whip | peach-puff | peru |
pink | plum | powder-blue |
purple | red | rosy-brown |
royal-blue | saddle-brown | salmon |
sandy-brown | sea-green | seashell |
sienna | sky-blue | slate-blue |
slate-gray | snow | spring-green |
steel-blue | tan | thistle |
tomato | turquoise | violet |
violet-red | wheat | white |
white-smoke | yellow | yellow-green |
Application programs can define other colors; these are provided because they are commonly used in the X Windows community, not because there is anything special about these particular colors.