How many colors can you see?
Jun 2, 2015 22:31:55 #
Swede wrote:
I see 3, red, green & blue the rest are shades of these 3.
This is one of the first things I learned about photography 35+ years ago!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_color
Swede :| :| :shock:
This is one of the first things I learned about photography 35+ years ago!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_color
Swede :| :| :shock:
I was looking to see if anyone would be bright enough to say 3. The human eye can only see 3 colors.
Jun 3, 2015 01:33:47 #
Yes, the monitor uses (Red, Green, Blue) RGB pixel clusters to create colors to say there are only those 3 visible is wrong. roygbiv is possible (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet) usually used to depict a rainbow, in the order of wavelength. Then of course the 256 indexed colors available in the most basic early monitors post monochrome screens.
Some of the more modern monitors claim upwards of thousands of colors.
the variety of colors possible from RGB is pretty amazing and yet some stick to grayscale as in B&W photograhy. Perhaps they prefer 50 or more shades of Grey? lol
Bright enough? Hardly.
Some of the more modern monitors claim upwards of thousands of colors.
the variety of colors possible from RGB is pretty amazing and yet some stick to grayscale as in B&W photograhy. Perhaps they prefer 50 or more shades of Grey? lol
Bright enough? Hardly.
Bangee5 wrote:
I was looking to see if anyone would be bright enough to say 3. The human eye can only see 3 colors.
Jun 3, 2015 04:47:08 #
[quote=ArtzDarkroom]Yes, the monitor uses (Red, Green, Blue)
So to me that looks like 3 colours! Are you saying my original reply was incorrect!
Maybe a correct way of describing a colour rather than by giving it a name should we to call it (for example) Red 50% / green 30%/ blue 20% or red 70%/ blue 30 % which would be a more accurate explanation of the colour than say "Teal (ex?)
I stick by my original answer, I'm not to sure about "brilliant" but for one thing I was correct. if you would of asked how many shades of colour in this chart then what ever # there is would be correct (I can't be bothered to count)
Again-So to be sure on this you are saying my answer of "3" was incorrect!
Swede :? :? :roll:
So to me that looks like 3 colours! Are you saying my original reply was incorrect!
Maybe a correct way of describing a colour rather than by giving it a name should we to call it (for example) Red 50% / green 30%/ blue 20% or red 70%/ blue 30 % which would be a more accurate explanation of the colour than say "Teal (ex?)
I stick by my original answer, I'm not to sure about "brilliant" but for one thing I was correct. if you would of asked how many shades of colour in this chart then what ever # there is would be correct (I can't be bothered to count)
Again-So to be sure on this you are saying my answer of "3" was incorrect!
Swede :? :? :roll:
Jun 3, 2015 08:26:44 #
ArtzDarkroom wrote:
Yes, the monitor uses (Red, Green, Blue) RGB pixel... (show quote)
Monitor? I am not talking about colors on a monitor. I refer to the human eye. We see only Red Blue and Green. Cones inside the eye mix the three colors to produce the many colors that we detect.
http://www.livescience.com/32559-why-do-we-see-in-color.html
Jun 3, 2015 09:50:19 #
oldgeezer3
Loc: SoCal
[quote=Swede]
Probanly the best answer is that there are 3 PRIMARY colors, but an almost infinite number of combinations of those three.
ArtzDarkroom wrote:
Yes, the monitor uses (Red, Green, Blue) br br So... (show quote)
Probanly the best answer is that there are 3 PRIMARY colors, but an almost infinite number of combinations of those three.
Jun 3, 2015 10:11:04 #
oldgeezer3 wrote:
Probanly the best answer is that there are 3 PRIMARY colors, but an almost infinite number of combinations of those three.
The cones in the eye receive the three primary colors and is mixed as shades of color.
Done in Photoshop
Jun 3, 2015 12:59:08 #
Correct/Incorrect depends on to which level you wish to explore.
for example. a 16mm film is a series of individual pictures shown at a speed sufficient to convince us of flawless continuous motion because our limited perception and our brain fill it in to create that illusion. It is an illusion, but a very convincing one to our senses. So are you correct, no and yes.
[quote=Swede]
for example. a 16mm film is a series of individual pictures shown at a speed sufficient to convince us of flawless continuous motion because our limited perception and our brain fill it in to create that illusion. It is an illusion, but a very convincing one to our senses. So are you correct, no and yes.
[quote=Swede]
ArtzDarkroom wrote:
Yes, the monitor uses (Red, Green, Blue) br br So... (show quote)
Jun 4, 2015 12:33:41 #
Jun 4, 2015 12:39:02 #
My pleasure.
MWojton wrote:
Interesting- thanks for posting.
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