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Offline Coley

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Less than important Random Thought
« on: October 21, 2011, 09:14:01 AM »
How come the purple powercat on the helmets never match the same purple as the jersey color?  :dunno:


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Re: Less than important Random Thought
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2011, 09:20:55 AM »
because the "official" shade of K-State purple has changed no fewer than a dozen times over the past 10 years and no one can keep up.

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Re: Less than important Random Thought
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2011, 04:03:09 PM »
I'm about to drop some color theory on you bro - so pull up a chair and listen up.   What you perceive as color comes in two different forms - color from a light source & color as how it's reflected off a light source.   The color you're seeing is entirely dependent on it's light source - cooler colors appear warm under direct sunlight compared to ambient light; warmer colors appear cooler under ambient light rather than direct sun-light.  This will also change with different types of light sources often measured in kelvins otherwise known as color temperature.    You're brain often interprets all of these colors depending on the lights temperature and causes you to see similar colors.  When seeing colors through a camera/television - this has to be compensated for & is often achieved with setting a white balance among other things.

In this situation - you have two different materials reflecting a light source in different manors.   The helmet will reflect light differently than fabric & often times the multiple light sources under a stadium settings (stadium lights - sometimes different bulbs running at different temperatures due to age combined with sun-light - which depending on the time of day can cause light from the sunlight to reflect off it's surroundings picking up tones of color from anything from the field, to the buildings & cloud lines)   All of this crazy light hitting two different objects compounded with each material reflecting all this crazy light differently - basically - the helmet reflects the stadium lights better than the jersey & the jersey reflects the sun better than the helmet.   If you were to properly light each the jersey & the helmet in a studio with a good light source for each - a good photographer could make them match perfectly. 

Bottom line It will never match perfectly & all teams with colors containing blue, purple, green or any other cooler color that play under the sun will deal with issues where shades occasionally appear not to match.   
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Re: Less than important Random Thought
« Reply #3 on: October 21, 2011, 04:05:35 PM »
I was with you HB until you spelled it "manors."  :dubious:

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Re: Less than important Random Thought
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2011, 05:01:49 PM »
HB, coming from an art background myself - it makes perfect sense to me! Well done my friend in EMAW.
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Re: Less than important Random Thought
« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2011, 05:04:54 PM »
KU FANS PROLLY PAINTED THEM THE WRONG COLOR WHEN THEY GRAFFITI'D THE rough ridin' STADIUM!

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Re: Less than important Random Thought
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2011, 05:07:41 PM »
KU FANS PROLLY PAINTED THEM THE WRONG COLOR WHEN THEY GRAFFITI'D THE rough ridin' STADIUM!
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Re: Less than important Random Thought
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2011, 05:08:59 PM »
I was with you HB until you spelled it "manors."  :dubious:

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Re: Less than important Random Thought
« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2011, 05:13:28 PM »
The Vikings' helmet used to never match their uniforms, until they recently changed their uniform design.  They seem to be a much closer match now.  Also, the Giants have always appeared to have had a darker blue on their helmets than jerseys.  This Heinzballs fellow seems to be right on the money.

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Re: Less than important Random Thought
« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2011, 05:14:40 PM »
KU FANS PROLLY PAINTED THEM THE WRONG COLOR WHEN THEY GRAFFITI'D THE rough ridin' STADIUM!
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Re: Less than important Random Thought
« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2011, 07:58:24 PM »
I was with you HB until you spelled it "manors."  :dubious:

people with elite keyboards have the "o" & the "e" right next to each other... simple slip of the fingers.   
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Re: Less than important Random Thought
« Reply #11 on: October 23, 2011, 12:22:27 PM »
Mods, can you make me a mod so I can move this to GPC? tia