At 1:01 PM -0700 5/15/04, Mike Bevans wrote: > >From: "Steve Upton" Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 9:56 PM >>Do you know of another list where discussions about colour and colour >>management at a scientific level could take place. I feel this is the wrong >>place for it. > > >Steve, > >I would also be interested in such a list. One of the most fascinating sites I have >encountered is : http://www.colorsystem.com/
I'll have to take a look, thanks >I do have a question that maybe you all could help me out with. It has to do with >gamut. > >We have always heard that a bigger gamut is better because it has more colors. I have >an easier time conceptualizing gamut as the colorfulness of the display, not the >number of colors. that's fine with me >The reason I ask is becuase I should be able to produce 16 million colors in either >sRGB or Adobe RGB, but the Adobe RGB display will be more colorful. Is this a correct >way of thinking about it? nope, please reread the previous post I did in the "High-End Differences" thread where I describe the differences between RGB values and actual perceivable colours. Neither of them can display 16.7 million colours but both of them are addressable in 16.7 million chunks.... to big a topic to get into again. >It also speaks to a certain type of workflow, but that is a more mundane issue. it does indeed. Actually, I think this is a very important thing. I often find people arguing about things when they are each in different workflows and they should not be using the same settings. Regards, Steve ________________________________________________________________________ o Steve Upton CHROMiX www.chromix.com o (hueman) 866.CHROMiX 206.985.6837 o ColorGear ColorThink ColorValet ColorSmarts ProfileCentral -- =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
