Oooooh, great! Another chance to start the White vs. Gray paint
discussion!!! <ggggg>
Seriously, if you hold a small object painted with the same paint under the
same lighting up against a large one the smaller one will appear darker!
It is because if you are focusing on the smaller object, there is less light
coming off it to stimulate your vision than the larger one, hence a shift in
brightness perception.
Color has scale.
Charlie (Q F Units are white) Vlk
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jonathanharris@e...
> [mailto:jonathanharris@e...]
> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 10:07 AM
> To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [BRHSlist] Blackbird Scheme on P2K locos
>
>
> Loren's points are right on target.
>
> Paint chips are great references and invaluable starting
> points for the
> development of model railroad colors. But if we try to paint
> our models to
> match these chips exactly, those models will almost always
> come out looking
> too dark (...maybe not equally true with every color, but as a general
> rule...), if for no other reason than that even the best
> layout lighting
> cannot equal the brilliance of sunlight nor the way natural light is
> dispersed by atmospheric dust and haze. And that's before we
> even take into
> account the effects of weathering.
>
> Jonathan
> ------------------
> >
> >Folks just remember one thing when relying on color slides
> and prints shot in
> >the 1950's and early 60's for color reference, films do show colors
> >differently. Each color film has it's own color
> characteristics, fading, and
> >that is all before you consider the lighting, weathering, exposure to
> >sunlight, washing chemicals, and the person who painted the
> engine either at
> >EMD or repainting at the paint shop. Also add in there the
> difference in
> >batches of paint. I agree the PK2 GP's the gray looks dark
> to me as well.
> >
> >I remember when Stewart released the Burlington F's.... the
> paint to me
> >looked too dark... However Dave Lotz showed me a paint chip
> and the color on
> >the F's were a perfect match. I still remember a quote from
> Don Douglas of
> >the Douglas commercial aircraft company..... "We have 50
> shades of white
> >paint in stock!"
> >
> >If the color looks good to you and good on the layout.... It
> works for me!
> >
> >Loren
> >
>
>
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