A Palette for the Visible Spectrum?
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I want to create a lookup table of an undetermined number of elements in which the elements correspond to colors in the visible spectrum.
The only way I can figure is to just create 8 separate sections of colors - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, and then greyscale. I figure, though, that it wouldn''t be accurate...the colors would sort of jump from one to another between sections.
What would be a good way to set it up?
(Or if someone has a table of about 64-256 elements in RGB form of the spectrum, that would do also do nicely.)
Let's think. Here's a look at the default pallette from Paint Shop Pro, a total of 3908 colors when it's stored losslessly:
As you can see, each row can be considered a "color", with all its hues progressively becoming lighter (left->right). Therefore, you decide how many elements you want, and you create an array, sampling from a table like this by determining what color you want (a periodic function) and multiplying it by the current luminance (an incrementing value).
Something like that.
Later,
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[edited by - zealouselixir on March 19, 2002 2:12:36 AM]
As you can see, each row can be considered a "color", with all its hues progressively becoming lighter (left->right). Therefore, you decide how many elements you want, and you create an array, sampling from a table like this by determining what color you want (a periodic function) and multiplying it by the current luminance (an incrementing value).
Something like that.
Later,
ZE.
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[edited by - zealouselixir on March 19, 2002 2:12:36 AM]
The above method is totally messed-up. Forgive me, but maybe it will have some value...I just need sleep.
Later,
ZE.
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Later,
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simple use hue sat luminece instead of rgb values. this way when you are going through your grid you just need to update the hue/sat/lum and you will get the colors you want.
for an image like below, just make the x direction lum. y direction hue, and sat can be left at some predetermined value.
for an image like below, just make the x direction lum. y direction hue, and sat can be left at some predetermined value.
The rgb color model has limitations viz "the entire visible spectrum". I like HSL better (even though it has to be rendered in rgb). sat and lum are much easier to use intuitively, imo.
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