In a message dated 6/28/2006 12:32:43 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The author does mention that > > pure white often looks too bright on camera, and so he overdyes with a > > weak solution of Rit tan to make it a shade that "looks" white, or just > > off-white, when filmed. ************************ This is true of stage too. But most wardrobe people I know, film or stage, use Rit Ecru to tech white down. Well most often. Tan in Rit is on the pink side. And Beige in Rit is on the green side. Ecru is yellowy. All read as white. It depends on which way you want the white to go. Warm...ecru or tan. Cool beige or a watered down grey. I had a colleague who used to tech with some chemical he ordered in the mail. It was a dark powder that a small amount in a washer load would tech [to a warm brownish tint] things permanently. It never came out! It would also work [quickly]for small items in a hotel sink. The powder turned the water light purple. I remember a designer panicking when she saw the whites in a purple bath, but they came out a perfect brownish tint. I don't remember what chemical it was he was using. It was like Iodine, y'know....purple but tuned everything it touched to brown. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
