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Re: Whats the color # for "silver"
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Wed, 5 Jul 2000 18:00:24 GMT
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> writes:
> Good question. This should have a different color code than the
> chrome silver (which is 383).
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> 503 looks the same as 383, because it's dithered from the same
> colors (white and light gray).
Right now (IIRC), L2P and L3P convert both 503 and 383 to chrome silver.
I've used both color codes in my DAT files...
> But with a different color code, it would
> be easy for POV-Ray (or other rendering programs)
> to differentiate the treatment (texture et al) of
> the colors.
But since the colors look the same in LDraw/LEdit, this might cause some
confusion.
> Besides 503, 399 and and 504 are possibilities. These two colors
> mix White and Dark Gray.
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> The new silver has a similar overall brightness as the chrome, so I
> think that 503 is a good choice for 'the new silver'.
I haven't seen the new silver, but would mixing light and dark gray be a
possibility also?
--Bram
Bram Lambrecht................BramL@JUNO.com
http://www.chuh.org/Students/Bram-Lambrecht/
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| (...) Maybe, but LDraw renderers typically aren't sophisticated enough to render a chromed surface, so the only possible differences are in the color. If you take away the shiny/reflective nature of the chromed parts, I think the color would be very (...) (24 years ago, 6-Jul-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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