Colour or color

Question

Color is what I used in programming

Answer 1

Yana👸 though "colour" is formal, in programming "color" is the correct form.

Answer 2

Seniru Pasan
Again some programming history:
After ww2 European countries were devastated. (financially, infrastructure, heavy toll on human lives)
However U.S.A. had suffered much less in comparison and could afford to finance the development of computers/computer science.
Hence most progress on computers was made by U.S.A. companies/academics.
But the basis of computers was born in U.K.
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Answer 3

Bartika Kumar I already mentioned it

Answer 4

Color is mainly used in programming and colour in British English writing

Answer 5

Color is used in US English and colour is used in British English. As programming originated and mostly conducted in USA color is used when programming.

Answer 6

Seniru Pasan
Some semantics/programming history:
Programming originated in U.K. not U.S.A.
Alan Turing, the creator of the first computer, was British.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing

Answer 7

Haris ok I agree with you. And thanks for sharing your knowledge with me☺

Answer 8

Haris would you be referencing this brother

https://www.google.com/amp/s/io9.gizmodo.com/5028969/birthplace-of-modern-computers-is-a-national-disgrace/amp

Answer 9

Haris but programming mostly appeared in USA right? Like IBM and Apple.

Answer 10

Color is correct in programming.

- Color = American English
- Colour = British English

Answer 11

color in programming

Answer 12

color in programming

Answer 13

for programming , go for 'color'

Answer 14

Color

Answer 15

In programming language, it is color but in English language, it is colour.

Answer 16

Programmers dont speak canadian

Answer 17

American produces programming languages.

Answer 18

"Colour" for what we use in daily terms and in programming it is "color".

Answer 19

Color is used in HTML and CSS

Answer 20

color