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Show HN: Desktopcolors.com – A museum for solid background colors of classic OS

https://desktopcolors.com
22•vlowrian•4h ago
Hi HN, in my last vacation, I built desktopcolors.com as a place to collect iconic solid background colors. Let me know what you think.

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wewewedxfgdf•37m ago
I still love the Amiga colors.
vlowrian•34m ago
Me too! The Workbench Blue is actually my current desktop background :)
vivid242•34m ago
I sometimes catch myself recreating the Win95 color on my Mac. Thanks for this!
danirod•17m ago
One nerdy detail about old operating systems and graphics cards: due to the way the VGA color palette works, the teal background used in Windows 98 and earlier versions of Windows was actually lighter than #008080 if the computer was configured to use 16 colors (not 256 colors):

https://twitter.com/bakertechsrvcs/status/162629846037367193...

https://xcancel.com/bakertechsrvcs/status/162629846037367193...

Another nerdy detail: the default background color on Windows XP was different depending on whether the theme was Luna or Classic. On Classic it is the same one as Windows 2000, but for Luna it is more blueish. I understand the denial, but it will be the 25st anniversary of the XP release in a few months, so it probably qualifies as classic by now.

flowercalled•13m ago
I can understand using an llm to build your website. But I can't understand using it to write copy, especially when it's so unnecessary here.

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682•tosh•23h ago•264 comments

Show HN: Desktopcolors.com – A museum for solid background colors of classic OS

https://desktopcolors.com
22•vlowrian•4h ago•7 comments

Gakutensoku

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71•tobr•1d ago•18 comments