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Re: Color chart
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lugnet.faq
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Mon, 29 May 2000 20:11:13 GMT
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In lugnet.faq, Suzanne D. Rich writes:
> But to answer your question, I (in daylight) hold the element above and beyond
> my monitor, turning it this way and that. Then I'm look at the monitor color
> and
> element for comparison. If I held the element in _front_ of the monitor, my
> eyes
> would have everything screwey. Also, it's a bit like looking at a comet in the
> night's sky. if you look straight at it, you won't see it as well as you can
> from your peripheral vision.
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 a bit thicker than laptops' monitors) so the color looks
slightly different depending on the angle... d'oh!
> Another of the chart's commented-out features which I'll add today is to view
> the colors against dark or light backgrounds (rather than gray). That should
> help you a bit. If you're still not seeing much color, I'll be interested to
> know.
There's another interesting thing - I see the current bg color as a greenish
hue, not really grey. Yuck.
> 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 also got the monitor's calibration to consider (if you have like a pro
> monitor). color matching on the internet drives me insane. Things were so cut
> and dry in the print world.
> :-\
Uh, yes. Definitely. Major headache coming right along.
Like I said, my monitor is just plain weird. But I'm using default PC windows
settings.
-Shiri
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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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| (...) 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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