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css.types.color.color-mix - variadic_color_arguments "1 or more" is confusing #29903

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What type of issue is this?

Other

What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?

The browser compatibility table for color-mix has a row "color-mix() with one or more color arguments Experimental"

What browsers does this problem apply to, if applicable?

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What did you expect to see?

"color-mix() with three or more color arguments Experimental", matching caniuse.

Did you test this? If so, how?

No

Can you link to any release notes, bugs, pull requests, or MDN pages related to this?

#29214
web-platform-dx/web-features#4044

Do you have anything more you want to share?

Since the new spec also added support for 1 color argument, the original wording does make sense, but it is confusing. Another option could be to change the description of the other row to "color-mix() with exactly two color arguments"

It would also be nice if there was documentation within the article explaining the difference in support between two arguments and one or more than two arguments.
It is unclear what use there could be for taking only one color, so a description of what happens in that case would be useful.

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/Values/color_value/color-mix

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  • Query: css.types.color.color-mix
  • Report started: 2026-06-23T06:05:13.434Z

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