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| | | Author: | leggodtshop  | | Posted: | Jul 3, 2020 04:51 | | Subject: | Black vs Dark Brown | | Viewed: | 114 times | | Topic: | Colors | | Status: | Open | |
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| Hi,
The Color Guide download shows Black as RGB 212121 and Dark Brown as 510000
This makes Dark Brown darker than Black
I would expect Black to be RGB 000000
Why is that?
Thx,
Arnoud
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| | | | | Author: | Nathan123 | | Posted: | Jul 3, 2020 05:21 | | Subject: | Re: Black vs Dark Brown | | Viewed: | 38 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, patpendlego writes:
| | Hi,
The Color Guide download shows Black as RGB 212121 and Dark Brown as 510000
This makes Dark Brown darker than Black
I would expect Black to be RGB 000000
Why is that?
Thx,
Arnoud
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This is odd to me too. I recently built a set from 2008 and the instructions
have the dark brown pieces so dark that it is impossible to distinguish the borders
of the pieces if they are on top of each other. This made it extremely difficult.
So annoying.
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| | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 3, 2020 12:32 | | Subject: | Re: Black vs Dark Brown | | Viewed: | 29 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, patpendlego writes:
| | Hi,
The Color Guide download shows Black as RGB 212121 and Dark Brown as 510000
This makes Dark Brown darker than Black
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If you convert the colours to HSL (Hue, Saturation, Lightness), or if
you convert them to grayscale (which gives the same results), you’ll see Black
has a lightness of 0.129 while Dark Brown has a lightness of 0.159.
That means Dark Brown is lighter than Black.
| | I would expect Black to be RGB 000000
Why is that?
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#000000 is pure black. No object ever is pure black.
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| | | | | | | Author: | Teup | | Posted: | Jul 3, 2020 12:42 | | Subject: | Re: Black vs Dark Brown | | Viewed: | 28 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, SylvainLS writes:
| | In Colors, patpendlego writes:
| | Hi,
The Color Guide download shows Black as RGB 212121 and Dark Brown as 510000
This makes Dark Brown darker than Black
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If you convert the colours to HSL (Hue, Saturation, Lightness), or if
you convert them to grayscale (which gives the same results), you’ll see Black
has a lightness of 0.129 while Dark Brown has a lightness of 0.159.
That means Dark Brown is lighter than Black.
| | I would expect Black to be RGB 000000
Why is that?
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#000000 is pure black. No object ever is pure black.
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Anish Kapoor Black absorbs more than 99,9%, and 0,1% of 256 rounds down to 0
https://frieze.com/article/artist-makes-blackest-black-paint-world-protest-anish-kapoor
So if Lego will release parts in Anish Kapoor Black, it will be #000000 
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| | | | | | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 3, 2020 12:49 | | Subject: | Re: Black vs Dark Brown | | Viewed: | 32 times | | Topic: | Colors | |
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| In Colors, Teup writes:
Considering TLG’s track records in colour QA, it would be anything from “blackish”
to milky white
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