Clear as mud now OL JR , knew I could count on someone :wink:
LOL
This comes up from time to time, and basically, posting a pic of a color alone and asking someone else on the computer if it's correct is pointless, because the color they're seeing may NOT accurately be the same as the color your posting... and the color the camera is recording for you to post may not accurately represent the color that's actually there... make sense??
Now, if you posted a pic of a COLOR CHIP, or a sample of the "real thing" ALONG WITH the color you're trying to show... THEN you can make a "fairly accurate" comparison between the two-- IF they're in the same photograph-- because remember, the camera's settings will change from one photo to another... for instance, taking a picture of an actual display missile outdoors on a bright day will show you a COMPLETELY different shade of color compared to the SAME object on a cloudy day... and of course the background lighting and color plays a big part in that too... even how close the item is to the camera lens... probably the most "accurate" color representation is gained by focusing in on ONE SMALL PART of the color you're trying to film, SO THAT IT FILLS THE ENTIRE FRAME, under direct sunlight, and snapping the pic... that way the camera will be "seeing" all the same color and will not make as many changes to account for background lighting and focus that tends to shift the color tones...
I sorta went through all this in my "Dr. Zooch Space Shuttle" thread, when I did a lot of research on duplicating the External Tank colors, and did numerous paint tests...
https://www.rocketryforum.com/showt...Return-To-Flight-Space-Shuttle-build-thread-2
I posted these pics comparing an actual sample of 'spray foam' (similar to that used on the shuttle tanks, which had been exposed to months of solar UV light, darkening it considerably as the actual ET's do)...
https://www.rocketryforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3713&d=1237609508
https://www.rocketryforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3714&d=1237609572
See how having the "original" in the same pic makes a more "accurate comparison" of the two different colors, since they are BOTH being photographed by the same camera, using the same white balance, color saturation, lighting, etc. at the same time??
Later and good luck! OL JR