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Re: Official LEGO Color Chart
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Sat, 30 Aug 2003 22:52:56 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Ray Sanders wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dev, Dan Boger wrote:
> > The way I see it, we probably will never switch to calling colors by
> > their LEGO names - some, like 'Lig. Yellowich Orange' just don't work
> > for me :) It would be nice to correlate the names we use to the entries
> > in the table. For that matter, it would be nice to be able to have a
> > comprehensive chart, that includes all the known naming conventions. The
> > best bit of data I see getting from LEGO's chart is just the RGB/Pantone
> > values for the colors. Those we could use, especially in LDraw/POV
> > applications.
> >
> > Dan
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> With respect to the RGB and the CMYK numbers... I did a bit of quick reading
> about the two color specification models. If I understood it correctly, RGB is
> more oriented towards monitor displays, while CMYK (subtractive) is intended to
> specify more accurately imaging on a medium (such as paper, etc). Are the CMYK
> numbers given for printing those colors ?
Ray-
I asked about this and got a sort of vague responce:
The CMYK is given to tell people what the CMYK value is.
If you want to print with it because it is better for printing, then use that.
The values listed are for color the actual plastic.
The point is that the colors are given in a variety of formats for a variety of
purposes... up to the user to choose which one to use.
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) It should be, since most modern printers use cyan, magenta, and yellow ink for color printing (I'm guessing "K" is for "blacK"?). In working with light, the primaries are red, blue, and green, and the secondaries are cyan, magenta, and _amber_ (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Re: Official LEGO Color Chart
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| (...) The way to test this is to do the translation between CMYK and RGB. If the numbers in the table convert more or less exactly, then we know it's just a simple translation. If they don't match, then it's likely the CMYK values have been ajusted (...) (21 years ago, 2-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Official LEGO Color Chart
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| (...) With respect to the RGB and the CMYK numbers... I did a bit of quick reading about the two color specification models. If I understood it correctly, RGB is more oriented towards monitor displays, while CMYK (subtractive) is intended to specify (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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