Nicely put, Cat. One of the masters of "scale color" is Roger
Pattendon,
(http://home.clara.net/rogerpattenden/) who does as you mention,
lighter and more muted. Great scale appearance.

John


>
>         In film we use scale only as a relative thing. Larger items are in the
> foreground and things get smaller the "further away" they are supposed
> to be. The same goes for details. If they are too small to show at the
> "real" (as in scale) distance, then don't put them in as they will just
> make things look fake. Even colours are dome lighter and more muted when
> things are "farther away".
>         Precise scale is useful for a single model but as soon as there are
> several models in a diorama the idea of scale becomes irrelevant and
> what looks right comes to the fore. "Everything perfectly to scale"
> results in a display of models whereas, "what looks right" makes for
> realism.
>
>                                                                 cat
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