The Issue of Color

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And also the distance away you are standing. (Light does not scale) That 
is why the prototype looks lighter from 100 feet away than the color 
chip in your hand. So the model has to be painted in a lighter shade 
than the color chip in order to look like the prototype does from 100 
feet away, and that is why the Society can't just bottle up something 
that matches the color chip and sell it as model paint. Sorry, but you 
still have to mix what looks right to you.  I do, and I get compliments 
on it.   Jim Nichols

NW Modeling List wrote:


> We should also consider the light conditions under which a color is 

> viewed, be it the actual railroad car outside (clear day vs. cloudy 

> day) or a model under interior lighting. There are many lighting 

> scenarios and thereby the results will be seen differently but they 

> will still be the same "color."

>  

> Aubrey Wiley

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