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  • Thoughts on light and painting.

    From Frank Tauss@21:1/5 to All on Sat Sep 23 17:17:52 2017
    Setting up a new hobby room. I've got an overhead 4 bulb fixture for primary lighting

    Is there any thought on light color for painting vs display? I have daylight, soft whtte, warm white, etc. They all seem to affect paint color to an
    extent. Most contests are under flouresent lights.

    I would sorta think more whitish like the daylight bulbs (LEDs). Any
    thoughts?

    Frank

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  • From MrTsquare@21:1/5 to All on Sat Sep 23 14:27:09 2017
    In article <XnsA7F987472A44Wereofftoseethewizrd@85.214.115.223>, ftauss@yahoo.com says...

    Setting up a new hobby room. I've got an overhead 4 bulb fixture for primary lighting

    Is there any thought on light color for painting vs display? I have daylight, soft whtte, warm white, etc. They all seem to affect paint color to an extent. Most contests are under flouresent lights.

    I would sorta think more whitish like the daylight bulbs (LEDs). Any thoughts?

    Frank

    Hi Frank. In my shop(garage) I have improved the lighting through a LED
    shop light from CostCo. Much brighter than the former fluorecent shop
    light. Still need some other external directable light for those tiny
    parts for the 1/700 ships. Concerning color:

    http://industrial.datacolor.com/support/wp- content/uploads/2013/01/Instruments-for-Color-Measurement_72.pdf

    will give you lots of info, but my shot is that the lights in your shop
    should really match your proposed display area so that your displayed
    colors match as best you can those that you experiment with and decide
    look right to you.

    T2

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  • From pyotr filipivich@21:1/5 to All on Sun Sep 24 09:24:19 2017
    Frank Tauss <ftauss@yahoo.com> on Sat, 23 Sep 2017 17:17:52 -0000
    (UTC) typed in rec.models.scale the following:
    Setting up a new hobby room. I've got an overhead 4 bulb fixture for primary >lighting

    Is there any thought on light color for painting vs display? I have daylight, >soft whtte, warm white, etc. They all seem to affect paint color to an >extent. Most contests are under flouresent lights.

    If you want to paint for the contests, then paint for fluorescent lighting.

    Otherwise, paint for the lighting you normally display under.


    I would sorta think more whitish like the daylight bulbs (LEDs). Any >thoughts?

    Frank
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