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Re: Importance of exposue in color more than BW

2006-03-13 by Tom

--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, "Johnny Eades" <jeades1@...>
wrote:
> When I work up images for BW printing, color is not much of my
> concern at the time. Now I am looking at color and BW with a different
> mindset; and I like it. I actually feel that now I'm learning how to
> be more creative with a firm foundation this is giving me. Thanks for
> the answers to my questions and the encouragement.
> 
> Your friend in Photography,
> 
> Johnny
>

There are some other really strange and subtle things which happen
with color that don't happen with B&W like the "Hunt Effect" where the
percieved "colorfulness" of an object increases with luminance.  Its a
strange strange world.  I'm poised to drop some money on a serious
color theory book.  The new profiles are accurate enough that the
other effects are starting to be visible.

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