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  Re: L*C*h(uv) color solid  
From: Mike Horvath
Date: 24 Nov 2016 19:50:31
Message: <58378ad7$1@news.povray.org>
On 11/24/2016 6:43 PM, clipka wrote:
> Am 24.11.2016 um 23:56 schrieb Mike Horvath:
>
>> Okay, the problem is that I want to use sRGB instead of RGB in the
>> pigments. However, it seems to not be possible to multiply the sRGB
>> colors and then average them like you can with regular RGB. Or is there
>> a way to get this to work?
>
> Don't use sRGB when mucking around with colour spaces, unless you know
> /exactly/ what you are doing. Colour space experts are smart enough to
> specify colours in terms of linear light intensity, or otherwise
> explicitly inform the readers.
>

The functions output sRGB colors with Illuminant = D65 and Observer = 2° 
(1931) according to one of the conversion websites that uses these formulas.

I'd like the POV code to use sRGB as well.


Mike


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