Validating css color names

Question

I\'ve written a jQuery plugin that accepts css colors for some of its parameters.

I want to validate them. If it was just a hex or rgb value I could do that with a r

Answer 1

function test(myColor) {
  var valid = $('#test').css('color');

  $('#test').css('color', myColor);

  if (valid == $('#test').css('color')) alert("INVALID COLOR");
  else {
    alert("VALID");
    $('#test').css('color', valid);
  }
}


test("TATATA");
test("white");

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It is hastily written but it works.