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From: Harald Oehlmann <wortkarg3@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: Named colours in Tk
Date: Tue, 20 May 2025 10:32:39 +0200
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Am 19.05.2025 um 16:05 schrieb Alan Grunwald:
> Tk recognises a lot of colour names, as documented at, say, https:// 
> www.tcl-lang.org/man/tcl9.0/TkCmd/colors.html Is it possible to get a 
> list of them?
> 
> I guess I could hack it out of one of the source files, but I'd hope to 
> be able to get it in a cleaner fashion.

Alan,
this is a long awaited low hanging fruit in Tk.
An "tkinfo colornames" should be implemented.

I would love to use it in colour chooser dropdown boxes etc.

Thanks,
Harald