I remember, way back when some of hadn't been born and the web was new and exciting, noticing the difference in greys when using the same colour names in a desktop tool's output and it's HTML documentation.
I actually think I developed a preference for some colours and combinations based on using HyperNeWS, which had a particularly tasteful set of colour combinations (at least for 1990 or so!).
Almost. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X11_color_names#Clashes_betwee...
I remember, way back when some of hadn't been born and the web was new and exciting, noticing the difference in greys when using the same colour names in a desktop tool's output and it's HTML documentation.