In reply to Anne McCarthy.

They did come up in that issue, which I can see now that I'm re-reading it. However, I do not see what I might call "deep discussion" (for lack of a better phrase) specifically about them. Colors and font-sizes are lower hanging fruit, so it makes sense that most of the discussion centers on them. Plus, building a gradient CSS class and slug system is hard.

Tailwind probably has the best class-based gradient solution I've seen (background image + color stop classes). I'm not sure if that's a direction we could or even should go. Even if we did, we would need standardized color slugs first.

Even the solution I'm currently using in my custom theme is something I'm unhappy with.

I don't think a separate issue is warranted yet. What comes out of that ticket may be just what we need or the starting point for the next step.