Because Hue is a degree, you can walk either clockwise or counter-clockwise. That is why in the Javascript widget (the one to select midpoints and color spaces), HSL v.s. Lab v.s. HCL acted quite differently. You probably also need a tweak for that in the "Gradient Generator" widget too.
Shouldn't it pick the way with the shortest distance? Otherwise you'd get an entire rainbow between green and yellow! (Or is it already doing that but which distance is shorter depends on the color space used?)
> It is widely assumed that the word "football" (or the phrase "foot ball") refers to the action of the foot kicking a ball. There is an alternative explanation, which is that football originally referred to a variety of games in medieval Europe, which were played on foot. There is no conclusive evidence for either explanation.
> In some cases, the word has been applied to games which involved carrying a ball and specifically banned kicking. For example, the English writer William Hone, writing in 1825 or 1826, quotes the social commentator Sir Frederick Morton Eden, regarding a game – which Hone refers to as "Foot-Ball" – played in the parish of Scone, Perthshire [in which kicking the ball was prohibited]
> Conversely, in 1363, King Edward III of England issued a proclamation banning "...handball, football, or hockey; coursing and cock-fighting, or other such idle games", suggesting that "football" was in fact being differentiated from games that involved other parts of the body.
It seems unlikely that King Edward III meant to ban games that involved walking on your hands, or perhaps brachiating.
> It seems unlikely that King Edward III meant to ban games that involved walking on your hands, or perhaps brachiating.
But this argument assumes that the etymology of 'handball' must be the same as 'football'. Football could be called that because you play it on foot, and handball could simultaneously be called that because you use your hand to strike the ball. There's no contradiction there.
No, all the argument assumes is that handball (and hockey) are played on foot. That would be enough for them to be called "football" under the theory that football is a class of games that aren't played on horseback.
> That would be enough for them to be called "football" under the theory that football is a class of games that aren't played on horseback.
If you followed this argument you'd be confused why we have basketball when netball already covers games that involve a net and a ball. Not all games are named by the same person with the same naming ideas.
