On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 08:25:49AM +0000, mike wilson wrote: > > > > > From: John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <snicker> > > You could even argue that not reproducing the way that certain > > shades of orange tended to show up as purple on some films is > > a plus - you're recreating the ideal version of the film as it > > should have been, not how it actually behaved. > <snack> > > Orange? Not blue?
No - I really meant orange. A few years ago one of the CART cars was painted in an orange-and- white colour scheme. The particular orange paint they chose had a very strong response in the near-ultra-violet. This meant that to some films (the one I first noticed it on was Kodak Sentra 400) the car had a tendency to come out looking purple. This sort of thing is quite common when photographing flowers, many of which have markings designed to attract bees (which can see more of the UV end of the spectrum than human eyes manage).
