POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.newusers : Dealing with colours : Re: Dealing with colours Server Time
29 Jul 2024 10:23:49 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Dealing with colours  
From: ChaoZ
Date: 16 Mar 2006 10:05:01
Message: <web.44197dce2ff0c10ff039f4f00@news.povray.org>
"helge_h" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> Mike Williams <nos### [at] econymdemoncouk> wrote:
>
> > Most 2d paint programs work with integer values for the colour
> > components, which range from 0 to 255. To convert values like that to
> > POV floating point components, divide by 256.
>
> A tiny correction: you must divide by 255, not 256. The highest value is
> 255, and that corresponds to 1.0.
>
> H

Thanks all. These tips helped a lot (especially that colour tool).

One final thing, is it possible to use CMYK values in POVRay? The biggest
problem I was having was controlling the lightness and darkness of a
colour.


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