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From: Bald Eagle
Date: 19 Mar 2025 13:05:00
Message: <web.67daf84beb4d249625b4de9225979125@news.povray.org>

"Fred" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> I am new to POV-Ray and i know there are a lot of colors but where in the help
> section can you see all of them?

You can use any color that is a combination of <red, green, blue> in the rgb
system.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RGB_color_model#/media/File:RGB_color_solid_cube.png

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RGB_color_model

You can sort of see the whole gamut of fully saturated colors by looking at the
"RGB cube" straight-on at a corner

https://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.images/thread/%3C5b1090f9%241%40news.povray.org%3E/

You might try experimenting with different ways of visualizing this yourself as
an introductory experiment.

And lastly:  Welcome!

- Bill "Bald Eagle" Walker

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