POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.advanced-users : rgb vs srgb : Re: rgb vs srgb Server Time
29 Jun 2024 02:18:37 EDT (-0400)
  Re: rgb vs srgb  
From: Warp
Date: 11 Sep 2011 07:45:30
Message: <4e6c9f59@news.povray.org>
Jaime Vives Piqueres <jai### [at] ignoranciaorg> wrote:
>    Hmmm... I usually get confused with these matter too, so I just did
> use my best skill: trial&error. I've created a simple scene with :

> background{rgb <213,127,79>/255}

>    Rendered with +FN, I got a png which I loaded it into the Gimp to pick
> the color: <213,127,79>. :O

  POV-Ray 3.7 uses (now) a default assumed_gamma of 2.2, which perfectly
explains that.

  If you specified an assumed_gamma of 1.0 you would get a completely
different result (namely <236, 187, 151>, plusminus one).

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                                                          - Warp


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