Because of my past work experience in the paint (a.k.a. chemical coatings) industry, I gained a familiarity with architectural colors contained in Pantone fandecks.

Many of those Pantone colors have been resolved into web-safe versions, which have been numbered and cataloged. They can be found at:

http://www.goffgrafix.com/pantone-rgb-100.php

which is the page that begins the color series.

I have thus far found this website useful for selecting desktop background colors, but I am sure other MandrivaUsers will find many uses for these Pantone colors.

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