> On 11-9-2011 9:37, Warp wrote:
>
>> What are your gamma settings in POV-Ray?
>>
>> If you want the color<213, 127, 79>/255 to correspond to the on-screen
>> pixel value<213, 127, 79>, you'll have to use an assumed_gamma of 2.2
>> (which is the default).
>>
>
> Display_Gamma = sRGB
> global_settings {assumed_gamma 1.0}
>
> I understand from the documentation that this last one should always be
> kept at 1 "for maximum realism" which is what I want. Using 2.2 or srgb
> instead make the colors darker, but if the image is loaded in Gimp for
> example, the colors do not match up with the initial ones. Neither with
> assumed_gamma 1 I must add. So, fundamentally, something is changed in
> between...
>
> I give up. The matter is really going way beyond my understanding... :-(
>
> Thomas

You can use: pigment{srgb<213, 127, 79>/255}

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