[Tig] color table: system gives name?

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Sat, 21 Jun 2008, Rob Lingelbach wrote:
>
> Are there any grading systems in use by colorists using film and/or video 
> that can output a color name, if input the values from the table at
> http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~jaffer/Color/cne-2007-rgb.txt   ?

All of these color names are pointless without a standard for what the 
numbers mean.  If you can't obtain a reference print of the color, or 
reproduce the color via calibrated mean, then the color name is only 
useful as a guide for user interfaces. The MIT X11 color names were 
established in the late '80s when computer displays were not quite the 
same as now.  The W3 standardized colors for CSS/SVG 
(http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-color/#svg-color) are based on standard 
sRGB. It could be assumed that all numbers are specified in computer 
sRGB but of course hardly anyone does serious grading in sRGB.  What 
are the equivalent numbers in CineonLog or Rec.709?

While GraphicsMagick is definitely not a grading system, it does 
include functionality to convert from color values to color names.

Bob
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