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Re: Official LEGO Color Chart
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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.
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> Dan
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
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| (...) 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 (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) 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, (...) (21 years ago, 30-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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