title: Difference between 12 byte and 6 byte color?
body: <p>I have been around computers for a long time, however I have never seen color expressed in this format (until today):</p>
  <pre><code>0xebebdbdbb2b2
  </code></pre>
  <p>is there any difference between that interpretation and say:</p>
  <pre><code>#ebbdb2
  </code></pre>
  <p>Or is it that</p>
  <pre><code>#ebbdb2 = 0xebebdbdbb2b2
  </code></pre>
  <p>Are there any differences between the two? Does one represent the other?</p>
  <p>I found the 12 byte colors in <a href="https://gitlab.com/tsoding/aoc-2021/-/blob/0982db4c2d2736deefdb42b157b06f715a852130/Home/Theme.HC" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this</a> repo. This is from a someones <a href="https://github.com/cia-foundation/TempleOS" rel="nofollow noreferrer">TempleOS</a> build. It is hard to tell what exactly the original creator of the OS meant for the values to be interpreted to.</p>