color-coding – Tarik Billa

Color (syntax highlighting) within an HTML tag

June 3, 2023 by Tarik

Stack Overflow uses Google’s prettify JS library for doing syntax highlighting. It executes on the client side after the HTML has been delivered by the server. That’s why you don’t see it in the raw HTML source. If you have a browser plugin such as FireBug, you’ll be able to inspect the DOM after prettify … Read more

What are the practical differences when working with colors in a linear vs. a non-linear RGB space?

December 20, 2022 by Tarik

Let’s say you’re working with RGB colors: each color is represented with three intensities or brightnesses. You’ve got to choose between “linear RGB” and “sRGB”. For now, we’ll simplify things by ignoring the three different intensities, and assume you just have one intensity: that is, you’re only dealing with shades of gray. In a linear … Read more