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From: "Danny Rich" <NoSpam.DannyRich@SoftHome.net>
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Just keep in mind that the NBS Special Publ 440 listing is in terms of
Munsell notations - illuminant C and the 1931 standard observer.  The color
names and spacing will not be correct for D50, most CRTs or any fluorescent
lamp.

Some of the other citations are one person's (perhaps an artist) opinion.
The more familiar she is with current market trends the more likely the
color names will in common usage.  Consider Newtons famous ROYGBIV of the
rainbow.  The names Red, Orange, Yellow, Green we recognize but what about
Blue, Indigo, Violet? His term Blue is more like our term Cyan and his term
Indigo is like our (not yet bleached) Levi Strauss denim work clothes.  His
violet will have none of the red tones that we have come to associate with
the flower or pigments, all of which have a high reflectance in the "red"
end of the spectrum that stimulate both our short wavelength and long
wavelength receptors.

Danny Rich

"Earl F. Glynn" <efg2@efg2.com> wrote in message
news:Zo9Z7.2005$tg1.977200350@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com...
> "Ecce Nihil" <shaun.troedson@bigpond.com> wrote in message
> news:aQzX7.32765$HW3.24491@newsfeeds.bigpond.com...
> > I need to define RGB values for various color names, for instance I need
an
> > RGB value for "scarlet", "purple", etc. Are there standards for this?
Could
> > anyone point me to a place where I can find a set of these values?
>
> Try the variety of links under "Color Names" on this page:
> http://homepages.borland.com/efg2lab/Library/Color/index.html
>
>
> --
> efg -- Earl F. Glynn, Overland Park, KS  USA
> efg's Computer Lab Mirror:  http://homepages.borland.com/efg2lab