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After yet *another* screwup by USPS and a month round trip back to the seller and finally to my mailbox... Tough call on the color... my monitor shows it more 'pinkish' than it actually is... enlargement shows it more reddish... Anyone have a guess?  |
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| Edited by disi123 - 05/15/2015 12:18 am |
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Excellent idea... I have a few single examples,
I can group with it and re-scan tonight... thanks... |
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Those seem to be very sharp impressions. They are very attractive stamps. |
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I don't have an answer as to what color this strip is, just a comment on the difference the color of the background can make in our perception of a color. I joined your two scans because the strip looked a different shade when on the black background.  |
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Hello, Phil... that's quite remarkable... I hadn't even considered
the background would affect the perception in this manner...
Given the color 'family', I'm wondering what other color could be
used to present them more accurately... perhaps yellow or maybe
a lime or light green?
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Randall, I scrolled back and forth a bit, trying to decide why the colors looked so different, until I put the two scans togather just so I wouldn't have to scroll, and then saw the perception difference. R.W.White tells us in his books on philatelic colors that a neutral background is best when comparing color, gray being the ideal background color. Will a gray background help us name this strip of 65's? Doubt it!  Don |
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| Edited by littleriverphil - 05/17/2015 1:37 pm |
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65's are tough, indeed, with so many shades...
I can try gray, but you may be correct...
perhaps there might not be (any) shade which
will work... |
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I don't think that a gray background will help us decide what shade this strip of three actually is, but I'm leaning towards the brown red/ pale brown red shades.
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A very good point was brought up in the previous thread about this strip's vibrant color. It must have been stored away from any harmful UV rays. The green background that the seller originally scanned the strip on sure changed the perception of color, and now the three scans togather all look like different shades!  |
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Remarkable... well, I guess these are going off to Bill Weiss
for color ID... I simply must know... these are keepers ! |
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Agreed... and the impression is sharp and distinct,
which was the original attraction, along with the color... |
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Agreed... and the impression is sharp and distinct,
which was the original attraction, along with the color... That sharp impression..could these have been printed from a fresh plate? Well worth the $46.00!  |
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