The Issue of Color

[NW Modeling List]

So, given the long-running debate, what mixes do y'all use? We've heard some 
before, but perhaps the various formulae can be stored on the N&WHS web site 
as a wiki of sorts, with everybody's home brew mixture detailed so we can 
try whatever at home. My $.02.

Andre Jackson and/or Lisa Burrows
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Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 9:39 AM
Subject: Re: The Issue of Color



> --- NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>

> wrote:

>>

>> > We should also consider the light conditions under

>> which a color is

>> > viewed, be it the actual railroad car outside

>> (clear day vs. cloudy

>> > day) or a model under interior lighting. There are

>> many lighting

>> > scenarios and thereby the results will be seen

>> differently but they

>> > will still be the same "color."

>> >

>> > Aubrey Wiley

>

> ========================

> This is absolutely true - ambient light can have a

> profound effect on color perception. For example,

> looking at a white house at sunset will give you a

> different color than when viewing that same house at

> noon (both on a clear day).

>

> Mark Peele

> Catonsville, MD

>

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