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- From: kudzu@netcom.com (Michael Sierchio)
- Newsgroups: comp.graphics
- Subject: Re: Color Sample to RGB Conversion
- Keywords: color conversion
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.180555.24920@netcom.com>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 18:05:55 GMT
- References: <hewitt.721337021@usafa.af.mil> <6759@m1.cs.man.ac.uk>
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- In article <6759@m1.cs.man.ac.uk> lilleyc@cs.man.ac.uk (Chris Lilley) writes:
- >In article <hewitt.721337021@usafa.af.mil> hewitt@usafa.af.mil (W. Joe
- >Hewitt) writes:
- >
- >> I am looking for a way to generate a color on a workstation that closely
- >>matches a given sample from a color plate.
- >
- >The simple answer is, mix it by eye.
-
- This is less than satisfying, and less than satisfactory.
-
- >> I have tried scanning the image (24 bit scanner) with little success.
- >>The scanning software only gives percentages of the R,G, & B components.
- >>Using a little math I converted each percentage to a value in the range
- >>0..255 (24 bit color system) for each RGB component.
- >
- >>The problem is that
- >>the new color doesn't look very much like the original sample.
- >
- >No, it won't. Red, green, and blue are very loose specifications for
- >colours. They differ between different monitors, and between different
- >scanners.
-
- This is false. The RGB of NTSC video are quite standard. A properly
- adjusted RGB monitor will give good results. The key is the get the
- input from an RGB Camera, whose RGB signals are designed to match an
- RGB monitor.
-
- >> Is there a better way to accurately reproduce a color sample on a 24 bit
- >>workstation? Is there something I have missed in the conversion?
- >
- >As you have realised, RGB is not the way to go. You basically have two
- >options.
-
- RGB is how the colors are represented on input and display devices.
- It is true that Video has a color gamut smaller than that which can
- be realized in print or film, but very good results can be achieved for
- colors in the gamut.
-
- >[blather about] CIE XYZ
-
- There exist color spaces that attempt to preserve the perceptual range --
- this isn't relevant to the discussion.
-
- >your scanner RGB --> CIE XYZ --> your monitor RGB
-
- Nope. RGB -> XYZ -> RGB -> screen
-
- What's the point? There will never be any more information than in
- the original RGB image.
-
- You can use a densitometer, with selectable color filters, to get reflectance
- data about work on paper, etc. These are typically oriented toward yet another
- RGB standard -- the standard color filters used in film.
-
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