Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roy Harrington" <roy@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Septone system


>
> It seems "tone" is ambiguous and will mostly like stay that
way.  You'll
> have to decide based on context.  If "mid tones", "high tones"
are being
> talked about its the gray value.  But if warm/cool, sepia
toner, etc.  are
> being referred to its basically a color issue.   For septones I
think they
> mix the usage back and forth.  How about -- the mid tones can
be
> set for warm or cool tone.
>
> Roy

It was a bit confusing when I first got on this list. Tone here
is also used in the sense of hue added to a neutral B&W print
while it is normally used for grey value in all images.

The HSV or Munsell description is usable for B&W too but it will
be hard to get it accepted. It is even difficult to use the terms
when discussing colour with artists. Could be the result of
several colour theories they have to endure on art colleges so
their colour model may have another even more irregular shape
than mine has :-)  The confusion in Dutch isn't less than in
English: "toon" is used in more meanings, "tint" also.
I use Kleursoort, Verzadiging and Grijswaarde for HSV but in the
end I adapt to the terms they use and hope we both think about
the same aspect of colour.

Ernst