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Re: [Digital BW] Why try to achieve Neutral Gray?

2001-10-11 by Carolyn Frayn

me too, and then I made them mix my own white... my husband stays home.
 
"to not get the color you can't deal with"... YES!  Like that "living in a
container of vanilla ice cream feeling when you use the wrong white!" :-)

Carolyn
> 
> Exactly. Some of us just care more deeply about this mono hue thing than
> others. I'm the kind of guy who has to go to three paint stores collecting a
> couple of dozen "white" paint chips to choose from, whereas my wife says
> just get white paint. However if you are the fussy type the subtle
> distinctions are certainly worth fighting for. Some people can't drink
> inexpensive wines, while I rarely pay more than $10 a bottle. Some people
> own $20,000 home audio systems, and I don't. But the thought of using
> whatever color ink they give you is just anathema to me. The point isn't to
> get "neutral" color, it's to hopefully get the color you need--or at the
> least, to not get the color you can't deal with.
> 
> Todd

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