Colour matching is a ripoff

[Mr Macaw]

Well it got the match completely off.

[Mr Macaw]

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from one of 200 or whatever it is colours. NOT infinite colours. So yo= u might aswell get it for half the price and just select from the big ch= art on the wall!

e. I would seriously hope they select from a lot more than 200 though! O= therwise there would be an awful lot of refunds.

osting =A330. No reason you can't do that with paint. Simply adjust th= e amount of each dye infinitesimally.

ch step of the process works: scanning the colour, A-D conversion, calcu= lation and paint dispensing. Those are what limits the number of colours= - not that whether it's 1 or 16 million actually makes much difference,= usually.

If you can scan and print on your cheap home computer setup to get milli= ons of colours, then an expensive industrial machine can easily do the s= ame.

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The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is its inefficiency --= Eugene McCarthy

[spuorgelgoog]

Not necessarily.

In industrial applications matching consistently to one of one million colours might be more desirable than non-deterministic matching to several of several million colours.

Owain

[tabbypurr]

rom one of 200 or whatever it is colours. NOT infinite colours. So you mi ght aswell get it for half the price and just select from the big chart on the wall!

. I would seriously hope they select from a lot more than 200 though! Other wise there would be an awful lot of refunds.

sting £30. No reason you can't do that with paint. Simply adjust the am ount of each dye infinitesimally.

h step of the process works: scanning the colour, A-D conversion, calculati on and paint dispensing. Those are what limits the number of colours - not that whether it's 1 or 16 million actually makes much difference, usually.

ns of colours, then an expensive industrial machine can easily do the same.

complete cobblers. Your experience of it getting the colour wrong is a good demonstration of that.

NT

[Mr Macaw]

Decent home printers do match exactly, if you buy the genuine ink. Ask a photographer/graphic artist.

[Mr Macaw]

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ts from one of 200 or whatever it is colours. NOT infinite colours. So= you might aswell get it for half the price and just select from the big= chart on the wall!

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ible. I would seriously hope they select from a lot more than 200 though= ! Otherwise there would be an awful lot of refunds.

s costing =A330. No reason you can't do that with paint. Simply adjust= the amount of each dye infinitesimally.

each step of the process works: scanning the colour, A-D conversion, ca= lculation and paint dispensing. Those are what limits the number of colo= urs - not that whether it's 1 or 16 million actually makes much differen= ce, usually.

llions of colours, then an expensive industrial machine can easily do th= e same.

good demonstration of that.

No, it's a good demonstration of my point, that the B&Q system is rubbis= h.

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A gang-member was holding his 8-month-old baby while his wife was in kit= chen fixing lunch. The baby murmured "mother". The guy gets all excited and hollered to his wife "Hey, the baby just sa= id half a word!"