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Besides the calibration issue, the machines at a paint store are not going to be only looking at a spot of ink, it is going to be seeing some of the paper too, so the result will automatically be wrong.

Yeah you are probably right about that. Besides the machine that Rogdcam stated there has to be a way for an individual to prove a color is what it is or not without spending loads of money. Sounds like a fun project.

You know Don, in all my years of art school I'd never heard of the theory you just stated. I didn't know you were coming from that perspective. I'll start digging around in the forums here and elsewhere, because the notion of colors being subjective blows my mind.
If so much money is expended today because of color, seems like an important thing to prove true without a shadow of a doubt.

I'll stop talking on this thread but if it's okay, could it just stay open for other potential opinions? I wasn't looking for any definitive answer, and people's opinions certainly can be enlightening as yours was today.
Thanks for your work

Good luck!
Stephen, I spent a half a century working in electronics and at times was involved with ( early ) color TV in the Netherlands. It is amazing
to see that one can adjust a color screen and get a plethora of opinions as to the correct color. I am convinced that no two people agree on any particular color


Peter


Peter

Peter that's amazing! It must be wild to see how much it's advanced in such a short time. I personally think 4k is as far as I'll go with buying one... The newer models look more 'real' than life itself. Feels kind of unhealthy in a strange sense.

As per your statement, I wonder if people see color differently according to what's on screen, observing micro pixelated objects, as opposed to what we see in real life.

And thank you for the kind words!

Colors are subjective; 'seeing' is a sensory perception handled in our brains. Vision (and seeing colors) is not much different than smell or taste. Women see colors better than men because they have more cones in their retinas. Some people are color blind in different parts of the wavelengths. No two people will be exactly the same.

Adding technology to the mix only adds to the confusion, I recommend that you start by learning how humans see colors before trying to wrestle with adding tech on top of the understanding.
Here is a start
https://stampsmarter.org/learning/G..._colors.html
Click on the 'How We See Colors' tab.
There is a huge amount of learning that can be accessed online concerning 'seeing colors'. For this kind of subject, I recommend Google Scholar rather than the basic Google.
https://scholar.google.com/