Re: Color Mania - OS or what? [Was: Re: Automated BG Color change?]

Hi All,

Ted said:
>  > You should be aware that the subject of color is far more
>  > involved than whether a Mac or PC is used. In the first
>>  place this lighter or darker business refers to common
>>  defaults found on some brands of monitors, regardless of
>>  platform.
>  >
>>  The print world has struggled with this for years. There
>>  are several "color matching" systems around now but even
>  > it is not all that reliable. Even the Kelvin Temp. of the
>>  light source near the monitor screen will affect the observed
>>  "color". And of course, you don't have a chance at anything
>>  near correct color unless you have a "super" video card and
>  > are running the full 16 million colors.

My Power Mac, using OS 9 with millions of colors has a Kodak Color 
precision application and also ColorSync that makes sure all 
applications on my computer are using the same colors (I'm not sure 
about the video card). I assume this is a reliable method to match 
color? And if so, do PC's have something similar.

Lori

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