[Tig] re: color names

[Rob Lingelbach]

On Jan 26, 2007, at 5:34 PM, Alexis Hurkman wrote:
>
> I'm curious, has anyone on this list ever been confronted with a  
> client requesting specific colors like "acier?" I guess I've been  
> lucky in having clients who content themselves with "warmer" and  
> "cooler."
>

Hi Alexis,   well, not specifically acier, but many other color names  
that when I hear them
from clients I do a synaptic search for the definition of whichever  
modifier was used.
I think "warmer" and "cooler" are to color correction what "lower"  
and "higher" are to a
musical instrument; the terms at times are too general, and one needs  
a wider vocabulary to express the nuances of tone (or in the case of  
music, timbre).

regards
Rob
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