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Re: [KOG] Color paralysis

> They aren't paint codes, sadly. They are the RGB values used in HTML for
> specifying a color.
>
> So the hot pink that came up for me is F6 0E 9A. This means F6 of Red
> (the max is FF, so that is a lot of red), 0E of green (the min is 00, so
> that is very little) and 9A of blue (a medium amount, 80 is the halfway
> point).
>
> You can translate these to decimal which most people are more comfortable
> with. The range is 0 to 255. The values above are 246, 14, 154.
>
> I don't know how RGB translates to paint codes, and I doubt that the
> translation is trivial.

My pink P62 is gonna be here soon.

Matthew



Fri Apr 1, 2005 7:13 pm

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I whipped out this page: http://kogswell.com/color.php Refresh it until you find a combo you like. Then head to your local paint shop. Matthew...
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Apr 1, 2005
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Mathew playing at the computer: ... Very Kool. Good fun for the artistically challenged = me. -- John Blish Minneapolis MN...
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These codes ... they are Imron colors, or am I mistaken? For those of us thinking of powdercoating, I believe the predominant code is RAL. Usually for color...
Murray Love
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... They aren't paint codes, sadly. They are the RGB values used in HTML for specifying a color. So the hot pink that came up for me is F6 0E 9A. This means...
alex wetmore
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Apr 1, 2005
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... My pink P62 is gonna be here soon. Matthew...
Kogswell Cycles
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Apr 1, 2005
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Pink? This I gotta see. And yes, you SHOULD be out riding!...
Andy Marchant-Shapiro
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Apr 1, 2005
7:38 pm

Thanks, Alex. Now I'm feeling foolish ... I should have recognized the HTML coding. So my current favorite, 8E2E0D, translates to R142,G46,B13 (right), and a...
Murray Love
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Apr 1, 2005
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... No. RGB/hex. Computer colors. You're supposed to just keep refreshing until you see something you like. Don't worry about codes. Relax and look at the...
Kogswell Cycles
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For the HTML illiterate, can someone tell me what 8E2E0D is? A good description would be cool, or if there is a way to see it on a screen, let me know. ...
Todd Guess
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Apr 1, 2005
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Todd, It's kinda orange-y, brick-y, brown. Um ... cumin? (Can you tell I'm not an artist?) The RGB value is (142,46,13). MS Paint or something similar...
Murray Love
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You knew what you were doing when you named this thread, didn't you, Matthew? I spent my lunch break refreshing that page, and typing the color codes into the...
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Apr 1, 2005
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... Blish! I should be out riding!...
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AAARG! Help! Too many choices! I have a hard enough time just picking components, but this... Matthew, you have my vote for dictator of color. Now if you...
William Raymoure
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Apr 2, 2005
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... Perhaps I should just sell them all unpainted. That would force choice. A couple of weeks ago my stance was: kustard and black, don't ask for anything...
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I've always liked the color of my Dr. Pepper Can http://www.drpepper.com/dp/html/dp_wallpaper.html?image=dp_frostyscreen_1024 .jpg ... From: Kogswell Cycles...
Michael Drzewiecki
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Apr 2, 2005
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Are there 135mm hubs available? Nothing showing in the eBay store ... From: Michael Drzewiecki [mailto:michael@...] Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005...
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... Nope. June. In the mean time: Hubjub or IRO, Tony's Kogswell Klone Hubs Matthew...
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