On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 6:33 AM Hendrik Boom <hend...@topoi.pooq.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 02:08:12PM -0700, Bob Proulx via Dng wrote: > > goli...@devuan.org wrote: > > > Lars Noodén wrote: > > > > What quality of display(s) and color calibration are required? > > > > > > In all the years I have been doing this, that question has never entered > > > my > > > mind and I have no idea how to even begin answering it. I do "eye" art not > > > "machine" art. I can perceive even one increment change in a hex. > > > > > > Problem is . . . no one can know exactly what color another person is > > > seeing. Add to that the vagaries of the monitor and . . . > > > > > > I don't know if a screenshot would capture the hex or what's showing on > > > your > > > monitor but maybe you could give it a try for the chimaera desktop and let > > > us have a look. > > > > I just want to comment that I have two identical model displays side > > by side in a dual monitor configuration on my desktop. Both are > > identical as far as any model vendor and number are concerned. Yet > > side by side it is pretty obvious to me that they have a difference in > > color tone between them. They are definitely not the same even though > > by specification they will be the same. > > > > The first order difference in my two monitors I think is that the > > backlight is not identical between them. One shows a slightly warmer > > color hue to the backlight from the other. I think that swamps other > > effects causing differences in my "matched pair". > > > > None of this really has any effect on how nice a color theme looks on > > the displays though. That's an art project more than a science project. > > > > Bob > > It's nice if the desktop colours look good on a perfectly calibrated monitor. > But what's more important for it to look good on the variety of monitors > regular users use. > So we should test the imagery on the ordinary, everyday laptops and > monitors we have at home and work. > And it's important the the colours work even if one is colourblind. > I'd suggest viewing it converted to greyscale as a first try at testing > this, bt a friend of mine who is colourblind tells me it's far more > complicated than this. > AIUI there are not only different forms of color blindedness but also different levels. Putting that all together means a very large amount of complexity.
Likely an easy path to avoid most difficulties - - - use only strong primary colors - - - does that solve the possible issues - - - nope but those that are color blind have learned to cope with those specific issues (I'm thinking of red like in stop lights). HTH _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
