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877 points thunderbong | 2 comments | 17 Nov 24 04:18 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

1. qark ◴[17 Nov 24 09:26 UTC] No.42163040[source]▶

Is there any link that explains why this particular shade of purple was chosen to represent Rebecca?

2. felbane ◴[17 Nov 24 13:40 UTC] No.42164143[source]▶

Purple was her favorite color. #639 is shorthand for about the purplest purple you can make with RGB. Jeff Zeldman proposed the color name on Twitter and in a blog post shortly after she died, and it understandably caught on.

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