[argyllcms] Re: Optimal colors solid for 3d visualisation

  • From: Graeme Gill <graeme@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: argyllcms@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 22:44:56 +1000

Ivan Tsyba wrote:
> For visual comparison purposes, my vrml file contains reference gamut body,
> because I thought that it shows surface colors limits.

What reference gamut is that ? Do you mean the ICC Reference Medium Gamut ?
If so, that's not all possible surface colors, just representative
printing colors.

> But today, "bright" orange marking pen on paper gave me a point that
> located noticeably far away from reference gamut boundary.

It could be fluorescent, and this would make it capable
of emitting more light than is incident at certain wavelengths.

> Where I can find optimal colors solid in form of .gam, .wrl or .icm file?

A gamut of all possible spectral locus colors is very large, and fluorescent
colors may be outside even that in brightness.

Graeme Gill.


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