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Scott A wrote:
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> > Anyway, it's fun to imagine what a LD color swatch guide could be like. I'm • sure
> > their color division at LEGO has the absolutely precise matching capability to
> > do something simple on heavy cardstock. Could even have the metalics and
> > transparents- kinda like the AVON nail polish catalog. (not that many of you
> > guys have seen those, but perhaps).
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> 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?
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> Scott A
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 'sheen' rating, which (I
think) measures how much reflection you get at 60 degrees and 30 degrees
incident to the surface, respectively.
And as Larry pointed out, you have to take into account the nature of
the pigment and the lighting you're using - very few people have a true
white light source, and anything else tends to enhance some parts of the
spectrum and damp others.
Basically, reflective colour is not nearly as simple as transmitted
colour. And then there's prismatic effects - f'r'instance, a blue jay's
feathers are grey, not blue (when viewed with the light behind them).
They only look blue with the light in front...
Jeff Elliott
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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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