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| Hey, you could always take the color in question down to your local hardware or paint store and ask them to stick it into their computerized color matcher, that would be about as accurate as you can get using today's technology!! I've seen them (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) to (...) you (...) simple? (...) Sorry. I was really talking about TLC, and how they match coulour. I very much doubt they use swatches, as was suggested. Scott A (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) Not really; there's reflective components to colour as well, although I'd imagine that Lego, being made of a single type of plastic for the most part, is fairly consistent in this respect. F'r'instance, paint is sold with a 'gloss' and (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| [xposted to lugnet.cad, because I get caddy at the end] [FUT set to lugnet.faq] (...) The official, or recommended, LDraw color codes are listed at: (URL). You might also check a page I put together awhile ago, with some color information for LDraw. (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.cad)
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| (...) sure (...) Most graphics types use pantone as a standard - see : www.pantone.com. I'd imagine a colour / color standard based on the wavelength would also be simple? Scott A (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) sure (...) Well, your sweetie knows more about this than I do, but my understanding is that if you want really really precise matches, only a sample of the actual thing in question will do. Anything that's done with other pigments may not be (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) end (...) I'll be interested to see how the images print out. Printing my screen capture resulted in a very poor picture (though some blame may lie with my printer, I just have an HP 660Cse). The green and blue-green rows printed in the same (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.faq)
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| (...) I appreciate the low useage of Javascript on Lugnet. At work, I use Netscape 3.01, and if I don't disable Javascript, it crashes on a regular basis. Also, many people disable Javascript for security reasons. Fortunately for a site like Lugnet, (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.faq)
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| In lugnet.faq, Cary Clark writes: [...]Suzanne, have you considered (...) On the contrary, this is a very good idea! I'll have to try it. (...) [...] (...) Oh darn. I didn't even think of that. Other folks may not understand why it doesn't print (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.faq)
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| (...) No, I just don't trust it completely, and I hate to rely on it. I do like it, and I use it frequently, and there are even places[1] on LUGNET which make use of it. I think JavaScript is a great way to enhance a page after the base- (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.faq)
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| So Todd hates Javascript. I wrote a Javascript compiler for a dedicated web browser, and it was/is used by many hackers to break in the system, so I understand why. But here's another fly for the soup. Suzanne, have you considered replacing the (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.faq)
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| (...) like (...) specs (...) Hmm, just found one disadvantage of this... IE 4.0 doesn't print the backgrounds.... Guess I'll have to do a screen capture to print the chart. Frank (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.faq)
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| (...) I'm not sure they're all missing--obviously, the chromeized elements fall outside the usual pale, but the yellow-green was pretty much on the mark for the transparent elements as far as I'm concerned. Transparent elements might require a (...) (24 years ago, 30-May-00, to lugnet.faq)
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| (...) cool! (...) Actually, I have a dual monitor setup here. Running OS 9.0.4, I have two main calibration settings saved. One for a PC view on my iMacSE screen (gamma 2.2) and the other is set up for mirroring over to my ViewSonic PT775 (which has (...) (24 years ago, 29-May-00, to lugnet.faq)
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| I can explain this somewhat. I worked on Apple system software in graphics for many years. The Macintosh, which Suzanne uses, is set up to attempt to show each level of gray equi-distant from each other, as the eye sees it. This is done by applying (...) (24 years ago, 29-May-00, to lugnet.faq)
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| (...) OK, I see what you mean; but even when I do that, the color is *way* off my brick-pink. As you said, definitely monitor settings- I'm sure it looks better on your computer... itprobably has to do with the fact that I have a flat monitor (just (...) (24 years ago, 29-May-00, to lugnet.faq)
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| (...) I'm no color expert, but what I have learned over the years has told me that color matching is an incredibly difficult art/science. It's interesting, in print media, color matching is difficult, but at least once you've printed something, (...) (24 years ago, 29-May-00, to lugnet.faq)
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| (...) Since some of the Scala colors are very close (just last night I was looking at two of the Scala oranges, and noticed how close they were), it would be best for the pictures to be taken under the same conditions. Of course that could be hard (...) (24 years ago, 29-May-00, to lugnet.faq)
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| (...) just to keep in mind: lightness will vary depending upon your computer's gamma setting. That is to say, if you're running a Mac with default settings, some colors will look lighter than on my computer or an average PC running Windows. You've (...) (24 years ago, 29-May-00, to lugnet.faq)
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| (...) Aaaaaarrrrgh(Suzanne screams as her head pops!)splat. Indeed it has a long way to go toward completeness. =-) (...) I would love to add this. I found this message thread: (URL) I have a Mac and can't display the .dat file. Is is easy to make (...) (24 years ago, 29-May-00, to lugnet.faq)
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