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Old 01-30-08, 10:11 PM   #108 (Link)
 
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All this reminds me of something a friend told me years ago. He was the head of the lamp division (light bulbs) of Westinghouse. I sure wish he was around today, he could answer a lot of questions I have about DIY screens and projectors. Sadly, he passed away. Anyway, he told me that the human eye is very poor at determining colors with no reference point (which is why we can watch gray screens, all the colors are relative. ), but that when comparing two colors the human eye can discern very minute differences in shade and hue.
Absolutely true. That's why I said when testing screens, they should be tested against a known performer that's the same (or very close) shade.


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