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- Color Picker: Relationship of Values to RGB Gun Voltages
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- Article Created: 13 June 1991
- Article Last Reviewed: 22 May 1992
- Article Last Updated:
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- TOPIC -----------------------------------------------------------
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- Is there any relationship between the 65535 values (for example, of the
- Color Picker) and the analog voltages of RGB guns in color monitors?
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- DISCUSSION ------------------------------------------------------
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- There isn't a direct relationship between the two, but there is a
- proportional relationship.
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- A zero setting of the Color Picker's red field causes minimum volts at the
- red gun of the monitor. The 65535 setting of the Color Picker's red field
- gives maximum voltage at the red gun. The same is true of the blue gun and
- the green gun.
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- No two monitors have the same voltage settings, because of differences in
- the gamma tables, the analog adjustments of the monitor, and the monitor's
- voltage specifications.
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- (The following discussion assumes the ability to measure the voltages of the
- guns in the color monitor.)
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- To get the exact voltage relationship to Color Picker values requires
- selecting the uncorrected gamma table in the Monitors CDEV.
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- 1) Hold down the option key while selecting the option button in the CDEV.
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- 2) Once the uncorrected gamma table is in use, set each of the red,
- blue, and green values of the Color Picker to 0 (zero). Measure the
- voltage of the guns. This will be the minimum voltage of the guns.
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- 3) Set each value of the red, blue, and green Color Picker fields to
- 65535. Now measure the voltage of the guns. This will be the maximum
- voltage produced by the guns.
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- As long as the uncorrected gamma table is in use, there should be a linear
- relationship between the Color Picker values and the gun voltages.
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- However, the analog adjustments of the monitor can affect the linear nature
- of this relationship. Also, if a corrected gamma table is selected, the
- linear relationship is further perturbed.
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- Copyright 1991, Apple Computer, Inc.
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