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 Author: leggodtshop View Messages Posted By leggodtshop
 Posted: Aug 14, 2018 16:16
 Subject: Brown or Reddish Brown??? Please help!
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leggodtshop (3861)

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Is there an easy way to tell which brick is Brown and which Reddish Brown? I've
tried different things, under a lightbulb, halogene light, sunlight... I just
don't see it... please help!
 
 Author: bje View Messages Posted By bje
 Posted: Aug 14, 2018 16:28
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Aah glad I'm not the only one with this problem
Sunlight IMO works best, I've sometimes looked at these till my eyes water
under every conceivable type of lightbulb and still made mistakes which came
out later in sunlight. Best is to have them in a pile like you have and then
pick out the ones that do not look as bright, those would be brown (technical
term would be less red, but that would confuse the issue)
If your pile is the same I've marked the ones that stand out clearly.

HTH

Jean


In Colors, patpendlego writes:
  Is there an easy way to tell which brick is Brown and which Reddish Brown? I've
tried different things, under a lightbulb, halogene light, sunlight... I just
don't see it... please help!
 
 Author: MidwestBrick View Messages Posted By MidwestBrick
 Posted: Aug 14, 2018 16:34
 Subject: Re: Brown or Reddish Brown??? Please help!
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In Colors, bje writes:
  Aah glad I'm not the only one with this problem
Sunlight IMO works best, I've sometimes looked at these till my eyes water
under every conceivable type of lightbulb and still made mistakes which came
out later in sunlight. Best is to have them in a pile like you have and then
pick out the ones that do not look as bright, those would be brown (technical
term would be less red, but that would confuse the issue)
If your pile is the same I've marked the ones that stand out clearly.

HTH

Jean


In Colors, patpendlego writes:
  Is there an easy way to tell which brick is Brown and which Reddish Brown? I've
tried different things, under a lightbulb, halogene light, sunlight... I just
don't see it... please help!

Best way is to make a color palette. I have one for nearly every color and it
is obvious when you compare them vs the palette. Put the colors that are similar
right next to each other so it is even easier to distinguish them apart from
each other. This picture looks like medium dark flesh almost due to the lighting
and I believe I counted at least 9 that do not look the same color as the rest.
 Author: leggodtshop View Messages Posted By leggodtshop
 Posted: Aug 14, 2018 16:41
 Subject: Re: Brown or Reddish Brown??? Please help!
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leggodtshop (3861)

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In Colors, MidwestBrick writes:
  In Colors, bje writes:
  Aah glad I'm not the only one with this problem
Sunlight IMO works best, I've sometimes looked at these till my eyes water
under every conceivable type of lightbulb and still made mistakes which came
out later in sunlight. Best is to have them in a pile like you have and then
pick out the ones that do not look as bright, those would be brown (technical
term would be less red, but that would confuse the issue)
If your pile is the same I've marked the ones that stand out clearly.

HTH

Jean


In Colors, patpendlego writes:
  Is there an easy way to tell which brick is Brown and which Reddish Brown? I've
tried different things, under a lightbulb, halogene light, sunlight... I just
don't see it... please help!

Best way is to make a color palette. I have one for nearly every color and it
is obvious when you compare them vs the palette. Put the colors that are similar
right next to each other so it is even easier to distinguish them apart from
each other. This picture looks like medium dark flesh almost due to the lighting
and I believe I counted at least 9 that do not look the same color as the rest.

Yes, I have a palet. It helps me for all colors, except Brown and Reddish Brown.
I just don't see it. Even in the palet they look the same to me so I do not
put them besides each other because it confuses me even more. I am avoiding the
whole issue by not putting these colors in my store, but even so I would love
to learn to tell the difference.

With the right lighting (led, or halogene) I learned Blue vs Blue-Violet, Light
Bluish Grey vs Light Grey, etc. But Brown and Reddish Brown....
 
 Author: WoutR View Messages Posted By WoutR
 Posted: Aug 14, 2018 16:51
 Subject: Re: Brown or Reddish Brown??? Please help!
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In Colors, patpendlego writes:
  In Colors, MidwestBrick writes:
  In Colors, bje writes:
  Aah glad I'm not the only one with this problem
Sunlight IMO works best, I've sometimes looked at these till my eyes water
under every conceivable type of lightbulb and still made mistakes which came
out later in sunlight. Best is to have them in a pile like you have and then
pick out the ones that do not look as bright, those would be brown (technical
term would be less red, but that would confuse the issue)
If your pile is the same I've marked the ones that stand out clearly.

HTH

Jean


In Colors, patpendlego writes:
  Is there an easy way to tell which brick is Brown and which Reddish Brown? I've
tried different things, under a lightbulb, halogene light, sunlight... I just
don't see it... please help!

Best way is to make a color palette. I have one for nearly every color and it
is obvious when you compare them vs the palette. Put the colors that are similar
right next to each other so it is even easier to distinguish them apart from
each other. This picture looks like medium dark flesh almost due to the lighting
and I believe I counted at least 9 that do not look the same color as the rest.

Yes, I have a palet. It helps me for all colors, except Brown and Reddish Brown.
I just don't see it. Even in the palet they look the same to me so I do not
put them besides each other because it confuses me even more. I am avoiding the
whole issue by not putting these colors in my store, but even so I would love
to learn to tell the difference.

With the right lighting (led, or halogene) I learned Blue vs Blue-Violet, Light
Bluish Grey vs Light Grey, etc. But Brown and Reddish Brown....

The light color is much more important than the light source. Many of our light
have light in the 2800-3000 Kelvin range. That light is yellow and makes it difficult
to see the difference. Make sure you use daylight color or a more blueish color
light.
 Author: leggodtshop View Messages Posted By leggodtshop
 Posted: Aug 14, 2018 16:53
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leggodtshop (3861)

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In Colors, WoutR writes:
  In Colors, patpendlego writes:
  In Colors, MidwestBrick writes:
  In Colors, bje writes:
  Aah glad I'm not the only one with this problem
Sunlight IMO works best, I've sometimes looked at these till my eyes water
under every conceivable type of lightbulb and still made mistakes which came
out later in sunlight. Best is to have them in a pile like you have and then
pick out the ones that do not look as bright, those would be brown (technical
term would be less red, but that would confuse the issue)
If your pile is the same I've marked the ones that stand out clearly.

HTH

Jean


In Colors, patpendlego writes:
  Is there an easy way to tell which brick is Brown and which Reddish Brown? I've
tried different things, under a lightbulb, halogene light, sunlight... I just
don't see it... please help!

Best way is to make a color palette. I have one for nearly every color and it
is obvious when you compare them vs the palette. Put the colors that are similar
right next to each other so it is even easier to distinguish them apart from
each other. This picture looks like medium dark flesh almost due to the lighting
and I believe I counted at least 9 that do not look the same color as the rest.

Yes, I have a palet. It helps me for all colors, except Brown and Reddish Brown.
I just don't see it. Even in the palet they look the same to me so I do not
put them besides each other because it confuses me even more. I am avoiding the
whole issue by not putting these colors in my store, but even so I would love
to learn to tell the difference.

With the right lighting (led, or halogene) I learned Blue vs Blue-Violet, Light
Bluish Grey vs Light Grey, etc. But Brown and Reddish Brown....

The light color is much more important than the light source. Many of our light
have light in the 2800-3000 Kelvin range. That light is yellow and makes it difficult
to see the difference. Make sure you use daylight color or a more blueish color
light.

Good idea, I will try that!
Thx
 Author: gaofar View Messages Posted By gaofar
 Posted: Aug 15, 2018 09:54
 Subject: Re: Brown or Reddish Brown??? Please help!
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An Ottlite Mini Flip Light works pretty well for me. It's portable, inexpensive
($12-20 US) and the the different shades really stand out, especially the gray/bleys.
 Author: leggodtshop View Messages Posted By leggodtshop
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In Colors, gaofar writes:
  An Ottlite Mini Flip Light works pretty well for me. It's portable, inexpensive
($12-20 US) and the the different shades really stand out, especially the gray/bleys.

Thank you for the idea, appreciate it! Does this light work for you for Brown
/ Reddish Brown too?
 Author: leggodtshop View Messages Posted By leggodtshop
 Posted: Aug 14, 2018 16:43
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Ouch... the pile has already gone Didn't think you would help me like
this

But I can see on the picture what you are suggesting so I will try again!

Thx

In Colors, bje writes:
  Aah glad I'm not the only one with this problem
Sunlight IMO works best, I've sometimes looked at these till my eyes water
under every conceivable type of lightbulb and still made mistakes which came
out later in sunlight. Best is to have them in a pile like you have and then
pick out the ones that do not look as bright, those would be brown (technical
term would be less red, but that would confuse the issue)
If your pile is the same I've marked the ones that stand out clearly.

HTH

Jean


In Colors, patpendlego writes:
  Is there an easy way to tell which brick is Brown and which Reddish Brown? I've
tried different things, under a lightbulb, halogene light, sunlight... I just
don't see it... please help!
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 Posted: Aug 14, 2018 19:20
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In Colors, bje writes:
  Aah glad I'm not the only one with this problem
Sunlight IMO works best, I've sometimes looked at these till my eyes water
under every conceivable type of lightbulb and still made mistakes which came
out later in sunlight. Best is to have them in a pile like you have and then
pick out the ones that do not look as bright, those would be brown (technical
term would be less red, but that would confuse the issue)
If your pile is the same I've marked the ones that stand out clearly.

HTH

Jean


In Colors, patpendlego writes:
  Is there an easy way to tell which brick is Brown and which Reddish Brown? I've
tried different things, under a lightbulb, halogene light, sunlight... I just
don't see it... please help!

HA HA! I did the same thing!

David
 
 Author: MontagueBrick View Messages Posted By MontagueBrick
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In Colors, patpendlego writes:
  Is there an easy way to tell which brick is Brown and which Reddish Brown? I've
tried different things, under a lightbulb, halogene light, sunlight... I just
don't see it... please help!

I can see the difference clearly in the pic you showed. The brown parts are
the ones that look almost yellowed.
Rainey