Change log

This document lists the changes between each release of webcolors.

Version 1.10, released 2019-09-08

No bug fixes or new features.

Other changes

  • Similar to the change in version 1.9 which normalized conversions to named colors for gray/grey to always use the gray variant, the other named grays of CSS3 now normalize to the gray spelling. This affects the following colors: darkgray/darkgrey, darkslategray/darkslategrey, dimgray/dimgrey, lightgray/lightgrey, lightslategray/lightslategrey, slategray/slategrey.

Version 1.9.1, released 2019-06-07

Bugs fixed

  • The __version__ attribute of the installed webcolors module, although not documented or referenced anywhere, was accidentally not updated in the 1.9 release. It has now been updated (and now indicates 1.9.1).

Version 1.9, released 2019-06-01

No bug fixes.

Other changes

  • When asked to provide a color name, using the CSS3/SVG set of names, for the hexadecimal value #808080, the integer triplet rgb(128, 128, 128), or the percentage triplet rgb(50%, 50%, 50%), webcolors now always returns u’gray’, never u’grey’. Previously, the behavior could be inconsistent as it depended on the Python version in use; u’gray’ was picked because it was the spelling variant used in HTML 4, CSS1, and CSS2.

Version 1.8.1, released 2018-02-12

The 1.8.1 release is a repackaging of 1.8 to produce both source (.tar.gz) and binary (.whl) package formats, following reports that the source-package-only release of 1.8 was causing installation issues for some users. See issue 6 in the repository for details.

Version 1.8, released 2018-02-08

No bug fixes.

New features

Other changes

  • Drop support for Python 3.3 (Python core team no longer maintains 3.3).

  • Mark support for Python 3.6.

  • The full verification tests now run correctly on Python 3.

Version 1.7, released 2016-11-25

No new features or bugfixes.

Other changes

  • Drop support for Python 2.6 (Python core team no longer maintains 2.6).

  • Mark support for Python 3.4.

  • On Python 3, the use of str for all functions which take string arguments is now mandatory. Attempted use of bytes will raise an exception. On Python 2, use of bytestrings is still permitted.

Version 1.5.1, released 2015-11-23

No new features.

Bug fixes

  • Corrected multiple typos in documentation.

Version 1.5, released 2015-03-07

No bug fixes.

New features

Other changes

  • Packaging improvements.

Version 1.4, released 2012-02-10

No new features.

Bugs fixed

  • Integer and percentage rgb() triplets now normalized in accordance with CSS clipping rules.

Other changes

  • Packaging fixes.

  • Preparatory work for Python 3 support.

Version 1.3.1, released 2009-10-24

No new features or bugfixes.

Other changes

  • Documentation expanded.

  • Documentation now maintained using Sphinx.

Version 1.3, released 2009-05-08

No new features or bugfixes.

Other changes

  • Documentation expanded.

Version 1.2, 2009-03-01

Bugs fixed:

  • Corrected the download URL in the setup.py script.

Version 1.1, released 2008-12-19

No new features or bugfixes.

Other changes

  • Documentation expanded.

Version 1.0, released 2008-10-28

Initial stable release of webcolors.