From: pcdhSpamMeSenseless@electrooptical.net   
      
   Tom Biasi wrote:   
   > On 8/29/2021 4:53 PM, Phil Hobbs wrote:   
   >> Tom Biasi wrote:   
   >>> On 8/16/2021 1:40 PM, John King wrote:   
   >>>> On Wednesday, October 16, 1996 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, mudb...@idt.net   
   >>>> wrote:   
   >>>>> On 14 Oct 1996 20:45:03 GMT, s...@banshee.cb.lucent.com (Scott G.   
   >>>>> Hall)   
   >>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>> Gary Morris  wrote:   
   >>>>>>> J. Zeigler wrote:   
   >>>>>>>> Jack Yazel wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> 0 = Black   
   >>>>>>>>> 1 = Brown   
   >>>>>>>>> 2 = Red   
   >>>>>>>>> 3 = Orange   
   >>>>>>>>> 4 = Yellow   
   >>>>>>>>> 5 = Green   
   >>>>>>>>> 6 = Blue   
   >>>>>>>>> 7 = Violet   
   >>>>>>>>> 8 = Grey   
   >>>>>>>>> 9 = White   
   >>    
   >>>>   
   >>> I don't think there is a standard. One tries to avoid ambiguous   
   >>> abbreviations like Bl for blue and black.   
   >>   
   >> The version I learned about 1969 is actually suitable for mixed   
   >> company and as a bonus it's closer to the truth:   
   >>   
   >> Better Be Right Or Your Great Big Venture Goes West.   
   >>   
      
   > I know several. But the OP wasn't asking about color code, he was asking   
   > about color abbreviations. R for Red; G for Green etc.   
      
   (feigns shock) *Oh no!* I've been engaging in thread drift!  Horrors!   
   (recovers composure)   
      
   BITD usually BLK BRN RED ORG YEL GRN BLU VIO GRY WHT.   
      
   Cheers   
      
   Phil Hobbs   
      
   --   
   Dr Philip C D Hobbs   
   Principal Consultant   
   ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics   
   Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics   
   Briarcliff Manor NY 10510   
      
   http://electrooptical.net   
   http://hobbs-eo.com   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)