Why are "Lime" and "LimeGreen" different colours in HTML? [closed]

Question

Why do both "Lime" and "LimeGreen" exist as available colours in HTML/CSS? "LimeGreen" is a darker colour (#32CD32), more evocative of an actual lime, whereas "Lime" is the name for #00FF00, the most extreme green available.

Is there some historical reason for this?

Answer 1

They come from the rgb.txt file in X11. It seems to be pretty hard to track down who originally put the entries for LimeGreen and Lime in that file.

See this answer: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/75466/16767