On: Game Engine Black Book Postmortem

[retox]

I don't know the red or orange books you mentioned, my first thought was that it was a play on 'little black book', a book of dirty secrets and hidden knowledge.

[jacobparker → retox]

Probably that and a reference to https://www.amazon.ca/Michael-Abrashs-Graphics-Programming-B...

[bluedino → jacobparker]

Don't forget about the OpenGL 'red book' - OpenGL Programming Guide

And the 'red book' of CD audio, the spec originally was in a red binder.

[ornitorrincos → bluedino]

plus the opengl shading language is the orange book

Interestingly, the vulkan book is also red

also: graphics red books are more like anotated standards

[rrobukef → retox]

Then you need to watch Hackers (again) :).