On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Pascal de Bruijn <pmjdebruijn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Sam Berry <samkberry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I would think, if you are just after the numbers, that remeasuring with >> spotread (which should give you more instantly usable numbers) may be the >> easiest way if you still have the object to measure. >> Spotread will give you numbers relative to 100% reflectance.You can set a >> paper white as a reference in spotread too, which may give you a result you >> prefer. Not sure of an easy, non-bodged way to do it from an .sp file.... > > Result is XYZ: 29.960414 19.359126 7.067359, D50 Lab: 51.104747 > 49.415136 27.528969 > > That will translate to > > 29.960414 19.359126 7.067359 [XYZ] -> MatrixFwd -> 202.089327 > 79.937153 78.189606 [RGB] > > Which seems like a pastel to me on screen, which it isn't on paper... The silly thing is, I _think_ I found the official specification for the color in sRGB, which should be 204/51/51 (this seems to match visually quite well too)... Any clue where this discrepancy might arise from? Regards, Pascal de Bruijn