[Rockhounds] Need help with Mineral ID

[Axel Emmermann]

Smart!
I wonder, would it be hard to write a program that let's you creat a color
using RGB sliders and a saturation controller... ???

Good link Bryan, thanks!

Axel


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> Namens J Bryan Kramer
> Verzonden: woensdag 10 juni 2009 5:07
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> Onderwerp: Re: [Rockhounds] Need help with Mineral ID
> 
> My guess would be magenta, that may be a bit more purple tho. If you want
to
> accurately describe a color then you can try to match it to a chart like
> this:
> 
> <http://www.webmonkey.com/reference/Color_Charts>
> 
> BK
> 
> 
> “It often seems to me that the night is much more alive and richly colored
> than the day."
> 
>                       Vincent van Gogh
> 
> J Bryan Krämer       North Florida, USA
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> 
> On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 22:41, Wes Lingerfelt <Rocks4u at prodigy.net> wrote:
> 
> > Ok, Gang! I've been out in the shop making spheres and I see a lot of
> > discussion has been going on about the raspberry color. Axel, it is more
> > purple than red but I couldn't think of a color to match it any closer
than
> > Raspberry. I wonder if the color will photograph on my little Nikon L5?
In
> > any case, I've seen Raspberries that are almost black especially when
they
> > are real ripe around here in Nipomo, California. The less than ripe ones
are
> > deep Red. This mineral is more purple than red but darker than most
calcite
> > red's which is usually a reddish orange. I'm going to try to get a
picture
> > of the glow later tonight.
> > Wow, this has been a whole lot of fun and I'm getting a new appreciation
> > for those in this group. You all are a wonderful resource and I'm
> > overwhelmed. Thank you everyone so much!
> > Stay tuned!
> > Wes
> >
> >
> 
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