Digital BW, The Print

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> From: mm_rabin [mailto:mm_rabin@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 3:53 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Septone system
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> maybe I've missed this, so pardon any obviousness related to the
> question, but what is the difference b/t hue and tone (warm, cool,
> neutral)?
>
mm,

Good question. As I have used the terms in the earlier posts on this
subject, "hue" is the color of the print and "tone" is the shade of neutral
density or gray. I tried to be careful in how I used the two terms but it
does get confusing.

"Hue" is pretty straight forward and Webster's #2 definition is:

"2a : COLOR b : gradation of color c : the attribute of colors that permits
them to be classed as red, yellow, green, blue, or an intermediate between
any contiguous pair of these colors"

"Tone" on the other hand has many meanings the closest being #7:

"7 a (1) : color quality or value (2) : a tint or shade of color b : the
color that appreciably modifies a hue or white or black <gray walls of
greenish tone>"

Which unfortunately is very close to "hue". However, in B&W photography we
often talk about "mid tones", "high tones" and "tone ramp" referring to
degrees of gray with no reference to color. Seems like I/we need a better
word to clearly express colorless "tone." I'm open to suggestion.

Martin Wesley
http://www.borderless-photos.de/guests.html