Simplified form to write gray-colors

[rentalhost]

Hi!
I suggest a simplified form to write gray-colors.

Instead of write #EEEEEE, just write #E;
Instead of write #D8D8D8, just write #D8.

Three to five characters throw an exception (#AAA is an exception).

[lukeapage]

-1 from me.. I don't see that as a good enough gain over adding complexity.. I think it looks a little confusing.

[Soviut]

+1 for less expanding CSS-compliant short-hand hex colours. Short form colours like #CCC aren't compatible with older versions of IE. It would be nice if LESS could normalize this.

+1 tentatively for the ultra-short colours, because in most cases, they'll make sense:

background-color: #E;

Some reference on shorthand hex colours

[Synchro]

I don't see any harm in this. If LESS is about making CSS more concise, this fits the bill. Given that it currently does nothing with 1 or 2 character colors, it's a transparent (ha!) addition. We already support some non-CSS color definition methods, though they are explicit functions.

[lukeapage]

ok.. maybe I was harsh!

[seven-phases-max]

Referencing #2653 (too bad I noticed that was a duplicate of this one so late).

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