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On obscure color conversions.
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lugnet.cad.mlcad
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Tue, 24 Oct 2000 03:00:25 GMT
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This post is here to start a discussion on color names for obscure combinations
made by older programs.
In LDLite, a few colors were added to the existing LDraw/LEdit palette. Among
them were 21, the glow-in-the-color, 25, the reddish orange, and 2 versions of
tan. While these continue to look good in LDLite and MLCAD, they show up as
pale imposters of 0-15 on LEdit. However, dithered -- and better looking --
combinations of colors made in LEdit/LDraw (between 256 and 511), which do show
up in MLCAD, are given no names, diminishing their effectiveness in printed
instructions. Here is my solution to this growing problem. Official names
should be given to the LDraw dithers (and some MLCAD 24-bit colors) in order
to make them easier to use.
#277 - (Cool) Violet (same as purple used for Grimace McDonald's LEGO
promo)
#382 - Tan (same as TLG's Tan)
#366 - Gold
#383 - Silver
#430 - "Spinach Green" or Chartreuse
#441 - Sky Blue
#462 - Orange
#492 - Reddish Orange (or a transparent alternative for POV-Ray, ?)
#42 - Trans-Chartreuse
#503 - Metallic (not really Silver)
#494 - [Electric] Contact
#505 - Pastel Blue
#510 - Pastel Yellow
0x28098B0 - Stormy Gray
0x21FCAFF - Autobot Blue (my 24-bit Sky Blue alternative)
0x3FF6000 - 24-bit Trans-Orange (same as TLG's trans-orange.)
0x2FF8000 - Orange (same as 462, but closer to TLG's orange.)
0x3500080 - Trans-Violet (as used in Belville's "Queen's Chamber"
offering.)
0x2705000 - (Try this in place of #6 for POV-Ray rendering.)
Please take my color suggestions seriously. Good luck in keeping this wonderful
program running.
James J.
http://www.people.memphis.edu/~Jejackso/ledit.html
Don't just "play well", play better!
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 | | Re: On obscure color conversions.
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| (...) A number of the color-codes you listed *are* in the LDraw FAQ, (URL), which is about as official as things get, for colors in LDraw-world. These codes are: (...) And you made some suggestions for alternatives to the standard color values: (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
| | | Re: On obscure color conversions.
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| (...) As long as we're taking the time to be official, we should also be correct. The "Trans" color names shouldn't be short for "Transparent" because transparent means a lack of color. The "Trans" should be short for "Translucent" which means (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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