[WinMac] Re: Darker PC graphics than Mac graphics?

Walter W. Knapp(wwknapp[at]mindspring.com)
Fri, 26 Feb 1999 01:15:56 -0500

Alex Dearden wrote:
>
> >This is a greater deal in photography for the web. Not only will the
> >gamma vary quite a bit in different PC's, but the color balance may also
> >be different i.e. the "gamma" for each color differs. Think about
> >putting up web pages of instructions for lab tests (as my wife does) and
> >the reading is made by the exact color/brightness found in the test
> >tube. Best she's found is to specify the gamma and OS on the page.
>
> How about your wife using Pantone colors to designate the color it should
> be? That way, even though they wouldn't match on the screen, you just
> pick your Pantone chips and it's the same color all the time?

The simple problem there is that these are a bunch of scientists and
doctors. You say Pantone to them, you get blank looks. In fact that's
probably true for most people on the web. Specing the gamma and saying
they were built on a mac seems to work ok for her case. Except for the
ones that can't understand why it does not come out right on a monitor
displaying 16 or 256 colors! We also do a lot of careful comparison of
how they look at different gammas and color depths. It's easy to switch
gamma around on a mac.

Walt
wwknapp@mindspring.com

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