OT: Colour Management (was Re: PMMail for OS/2 displays darker)

[Steve Lamb]

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Thursday, September 07, 2000, 12:30:03 PM, Simon wrote:
> The reason this stuff is so expensive is that it's very hard to do
> because the goal is ultimately impossible - you simply can't match all
> the colours given out by a device like a monitor that *emits* light, with
> things like printers which produce output that &reflect* light).

    Speaking of which, if anyone ever looks at screen shots of any of my
desktops and wonders why I insist upon white on black and not black on white
which seems to be the idiotic standard out of mainstream computer
manufacturers for purely marketing reasonings, here's why.

Marketing reasoning: Paper is while, ink is black, therefore if we make it the
same on the screen people will be more at home.

Technical reasoning: Paper reflects, a monitor emits.  Do you /really/ want
this huge block of bright light blinding your customer?

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