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9 Aug 2024 01:27:40 EDT (-0400)
  Re: modest answer  
From: Chris Huff
Date: 3 Nov 2000 10:41:39
Message: <chrishuff-3C3A21.10444703112000@news.povray.org>
In article <3A0### [at] unforgettablecom>, 
inq### [at] unforgettablecom wrote:

> Try setting the sphere's diffuse to 1 (the default is .6, for some 
> reason).

The reason is that the ambient value is not 0 by default(I think the 
default for ambient is 0.2), and scenes often have multiple light 
sources. If it was 1 by default, everything would be washed out unless 
you set your own value.

-- 
Christopher James Huff
Personal: chr### [at] maccom, http://homepage.mac.com/chrishuff/
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