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Re:Piezo v. MIS / color readings / RGBvsHSB

2001-08-12 by mwesley250@earthlink.net

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., antonisphoto@y... wrote:
> Paul,
> 
> it may be more instructive to look at the numbers in HSB instead of 
RGB.
> In the case of the numbers you cite:
> 
> RGB 140/143/132     =     HSB   76º/8/56
> RGB 132/129/121     =     HSB    44º/8/52
> 
> Using HSB allows us to take out the relative brightness (56 vs 52) 
and the =
> 
> even saturation (8) and concentrate on what a tremendous difference 
the 
> position on the color wheel shows from 76 to 44 degrees. 

Antonis,

I took the color info above, opened a new document and painted large 
patches of the two colors side by side. I very amazing difference and 
as far as the 76º/8/56 very similar to what I see in some of my Piezo 
prints. Especially before the go through the intial warm up.

Martin

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