Re: Paint Programs & Color Matching

Posted by Clarissa on December 08, 1999 at 12:49:36:

In Reply to: Re: Paint Programs & Color Matching posted by Jevan on December 07, 1999 at 19:40:43:

: What you've suggested sounds entirely plausible (and yes, you did make sense). :)

: I've been a skeptic of the RGB breeding theory but this is the first evidence that it exists. :0

: I'm curious what might happen when you inbreed the Plum Crescents or cross them back to Charcoals, Pewters, Cherries, or (dagnabbit, i still don't have one) those beautiful "True Blues".

: RGB... Hmmmmmm.... :0

Well, now comes the REALLY hard part: figuring out how to interpret the color values and apply that information to future breedings. I have tinkered with this just a little: I took 2 different screenshots (of a Coral and an Azure) and opened them side-by-side in my paint program. Then, using the "eye-dropper" to "sample" the color pixels on each (you have to zoom in to make the pixels pretty big), I observed the RGB values for the chosen colors. This is going to be tough, because the program ALSO uses DITHERING, whereby pixels of different colors are placed close together to "create" an altogether DIFFERENT color to the eye!

INTERESTING BUT USELESS FACT: this is the same effect that the artist Georges Seurat used in his wonderful paintings -- tiny dots of pure colors which, when viewed at some small distance, were blended by the eye to form a smooth and radiant image. The technique became known as "pointillism" and is remarkably akin to the way images are rendered on-screen. I have included a link to his most famous work below . . . . Enjoy!

Clarissa

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: : What you've suggested sounds entirely plausible (and yes, you did make sense). :)

: : I've been a skeptic of the RGB breeding theory but this is the first evidence that it exists. :0

: : I'm curious what might happen when you inbreed the Plum Crescents or cross them back to Charcoals, Pewters, Cherries, or (dagnabbit, i still don't have one) those beautiful "True Blues".

: : RGB... Hmmmmmm.... :0

: Well, now comes the REALLY hard part:  figuring out how to interpret the color values and apply that information to future breedings.  I have tinkered with this just a little:  I took 2 different screenshots (of a Coral and an Azure) and opened them side-by-side in my paint program.  Then, using the "eye-dropper" to "sample" the color pixels on each (you have to zoom in to make the pixels pretty big), I observed the RGB values for the chosen colors.  This is going to be tough, because the program ALSO uses DITHERING, whereby pixels of different colors are placed close together to "create" an altogether DIFFERENT color to the eye!  

: INTERESTING BUT USELESS FACT: this is the same effect that the artist Georges Seurat used in his wonderful paintings -- tiny dots of pure colors which, when viewed at some small distance, were blended by the eye to form a smooth and radiant image.  The technique became known as "pointillism" and is remarkably akin to the way images are rendered on-screen.  I have included a link to his most famous work below . . . .  Enjoy!

: Clarissa


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