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26 Jun 2024 12:50:08 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Gamma of interpolated colors in color maps  
From: Warp
Date: 20 Dec 2010 03:52:04
Message: <4d0f1934@news.povray.org>
Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> > What you actually want is a non-linear gradient 
> > and there are quite a lot possibilities for this e.g.

> > pigment {
> >    spherical
> >    poly_wave 2
> >    color_map {
> >      [0 rgb 0]
> >      [1 rgb 1]
> >    }
> > }

>   That makes it look closer to the image with assumed_gamma 2.2, but it's
> still brighter, for some reason.

  Should have figure out that to match the assumed_gamma 2.2 version,
I should use "poly_wave 2.2", of course. Now the gradient matches, as
it should, but my other points still stand.

-- 
                                                          - Warp


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