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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 (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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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)
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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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(...) That's not the way I learned the difference between transparent and translucent. So, I dug out my mini dictionary and looked 'em up: Transparent: "Capable of transmitting light so that objects and images beyond can be clearly perceived." (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Okay, I'll concede to that... but I'm still calling it translucent ;) J (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) of (...) show (...) Thanks for mentioning the LDraw FAQ. At the bottom of my own LDraw page (URL), I've clipped the chapters involving colors and inserted a few of my own color alternatives which should work on either LDraw, MLCad, or POV-Ray. (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) The (...) Jeff, I'm glad you picked up on that. But we're not the company who printed "transparent" in catalogs that are arguably older than both of us. :) James J. (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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