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On Sat, 15 Apr 2017 23:25:11 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote: > On 4/15/17, 1:49 PM, in article op.yyq745m8js98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson > Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, 12 Apr 2017 01:41:32 +0100, Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> wrote: >> >>> On 4/11/17, 3:33 PM, in article op.yyjx9ibvjs98qf@red.lan, "James Wilkinson >>> Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> wrote: >>> >>>>>>> Impossible. You can't make tech to meet halfways where one is >>>>>>> "additional" and the other is "subtractional" colors >>>>>>> >>>>>> I you look at the RGB colour wheel, the printer inks are halfway between >>>>>> each. Why not exactly halfway? They're halfway BECAUSE they're additional >>>>>> and subtractional. Have a think about it. Cyan ink is between green and >>>>>> blue on the wheel - it absorbs red. Magenta ink is between red and blue, >>>>>> it absorbs green. They should be precisely opposite. >>>>>> >>>>> The CMYK gamut (color range) is not the same as the RGB... this adds >>>>> complications. >>>> >>>> Funny how printers can produce any colour you see on the screen. >>> >>> But they cannot: <https://www.mgxcopy.com/blog/?p=406> >>> >>> About half-way down the page they show the color spaces of each. Here is a >>> larger copy: <http://intranet.mcad.edu/sites/default/files/picture3_1.png>. >>> >>> Of course that image is not really very accurate -- after all, ALL the >>> colors on it are showing on the screen! >> >> So you believe there are colours you can see in reality that are never shown >> on your screen? Funny how I've never observed a photo on my screen that's >> missing a colour. >> >>> But print it out and compare it to your screen and see what it looks like. >> >> If what you're saying is true, > > Try it. I have, it's identical. >> no printer can produce what you see on the screen, so this nonsense you're >> spouting about calibrated colour systems still won't work, as even pantone >> isn't as big as RGB. > > How do you figure? By using your own argument about colour spaces. >> I've printed it and it's identical to the screen > > Low perception score for you. OK. They are identical to my eyes. I have perfect vision according to my doctor. Are you a woman with 4 cones? >> , but to be fair the example >> you've given me is shit - just look at what colours are inside the CMYK area - >> completely lacking and much more limited than any printer, even cheap crap. >> There's virtually no green for a start. Imagine a photo with some grassy >> fields, it certainly comes out bright green on a printer, but according to >> that image, there isn't much green available to CMYK. -- If a cow laughs, does milk come out of its nose?
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