Performance differences between color declarations?

Question

In CSS we can use several different methods to define a color:

• Color word: red
• Hexadecimal: #FF0000
• Red/Green/Blue

Answer 1

I too was curious about this (it's a Friday afternoon). Here's a JSPerf for the various CSS colour methods:

http://jsperf.com/css-color-names-vs-hex-codes/18