[at-l] A scanner question...

Jim Bullard jim.bullard at gmail.com
Thu Dec 13 18:12:35 CST 2007


Your scanner is not calibrated to see color the same way your monitor
presents it. Oar... you are scanning in a color mode that does not have the
original colors available. If you are scanning to a 216 color web-osafe
color space, blaze orange and bright pink aren't on that palette <
http://www.webreference.com/html/reference/color/websafe.html> ore... a bit
of both.

On Dec 13, 2007 5:44 PM, Felix J <athiker at smithville.net> wrote:

> Hey...does anyone know why when I scan things that I've drawn, certain
> colours lose their 'brilliance'?  For instance, blaze orange and bright
> pink come out as tan/brown and pale, pale purple. Other colours do fine.
> Thoughts?
>
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