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Re: neutral reference scale?



In a message dated 3/28/01 10:52:42 PM, email@hidden writes:

>I would like to find something like a gray step wedge, that could be
>purchased somewhere, and can serve as a visual reference of absolute
>neutral gray. I mean something like a=b=0 if measured with a
>superexpensive instrument under any daylight-kind (D50, D65, etc.)
>illumination.
>
>Is there such a beast for under $50 anywhere?

My Kodak Grayscale has a* and b* variances that are below the decimal point,
at both D50 and D65; except for the few lightest patches which approach a b*
value of 2, for the simple reason that the paper has a b* of 2...

C. David Tobie
Design Cooperative
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