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Re: Codes for New Colors (was: Sand Red Bricks)
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Tue, 2 Oct 2001 06:06:54 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Steve Bliss writes:
> [In a brilliant blaze of thread micro-management, I've XPOSTed and FUTed
> lugnet.cad.dev]
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> In lugnet.cad, Jacob Sparre Andersen writes:
> > Mike and Steve:
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> > Please write me, when you decide which colour number is
> > apropriate for "sand red", so I can update the colour list in
> > the LDraw FAQ.
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> I can't say anything's decided(1), but I went over the new colors and the
> color chart, and I've listed some suggestions below. Let me know what you
> think.
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> Light Gray (like from Mosaic)
> LDraw: 503
> RGB: 230,227,218
Maybe I didn't understand something right, but the LDraw FAQ in section 20
mentiones that colors from 256 to 511 are dithered and not solid!
So how can we have colors there? Are we not supporting dithered colors anymore?
Or what is the real color use now?
Michael
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Codes for New Colors (was: Sand Red Bricks)
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| (...) This is true. When a new colour is released from LEGO, we normally aim to find a dithered colour which looks fairly much like the new colour. Then we define that particular dithered colour as the new one. That way, we can still use the old (...) (23 years ago, 2-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Re: Codes for New Colors (was: Sand Red Bricks)
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| (...) [snip] (...) I was my impression that colors 256 to 511 are dithered combinations of colors 0 to 15, and that the RGB was the calculated average of the two dithered colors. The RGB of dithered colors is just mentioned in the FAQ as a (...) (23 years ago, 2-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Re: Codes for New Colors (was: Sand Red Bricks)
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| (...) Yes, but there are some problems: 1. LDraw (and LEdit) can't be changed to render new colors. So if we arbitrarily select color codes in the 0 - 255 range, the old programs won't work. 2. LDraw renders colors 17-31 the same as colors 1-15 (...) (23 years ago, 2-Oct-01, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Codes for New Colors (was: Sand Red Bricks)
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| [In a brilliant blaze of thread micro-management, I've XPOSTed and FUTed lugnet.cad.dev] (...) I can't say anything's decided(1), but I went over the new colors and the color chart, and I've listed some suggestions below. Let me know what you think. (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev)
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