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Re: New Colors
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lugnet.cad
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Mon, 18 Dec 2000 18:38:22 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Mike Cormier wrote:
> Can anyone pass on the numbers of the new colors? (i.e. grays other than
> light/dark grey, LoM colors, grey green from the Statue of Liberty Sculpure)
> Thanks.
I think most people haven't *seen* the new sets yet, so it's a little early
to pick color numbers.
My recommendation: fire up your favorite graphics editor, and start playing
with different RGB values until you find one you like. Then use that value
as a direct color in MLCAD.
If you really can't wait, you can mix two colors in LDraw to make a new
color. This often doesn't return great results, but it's worth a try.
The formula for mixed colors is:
M = 256 + A * 16 + B
A and B are the two color values, M is the mixed color value.
To make verdigris, you might try mixing green (color 2) and light gray (7).
256 + 2 * 16 + 7 = 295
If that's not light enough, try using White (15) instead of light gray.
Too light? Try dark gray (8) instead. Don't like the edge color? Switch
the A and B values.
Steve
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| (...) This is really cool! Is this covered in the documentation anywhere? I could kick my proverbial self for not learning it sooner! Dave! (24 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad)
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