Can you explain terminology???
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Comments (5)Can you actually go in and ask the store what the LRV to a paint color is? Probably not. Over the course of about ten years, I have never once encountered anyone in a paint store or the paint industry overall who could cogently speak to LRV. Not. once. Don't bother asking at the paint store. They are paint experts. Not color experts. The Encycolorpedia site has issues with their source of original data. If you want to color by the numbers, then the data you start with must be correct and conversion methods must be consistent. I don't see that being the case with this website. All major paint brands list LRV in the fandeck index. If a brand doesn't list LRV in their color tools like a fandeck, they usually have it listed online. (Not very professional, but I'm sure they're doing the best they can.) LRV tells you the percent of light a color reflects. It's that simple. It doesn't matter how much light or how little light. The percent reflected is the percent reflected. For example, if a color's LRV is 40%, that means it reflects 40% of the light that hits it and it keeps, or absorbs, the remaining 60%. Bright room, dim room, north room, south room, doesn't matter - the color will reflect 40% of the inherent light and keep 60%. I continued the color into the living room and it seems totally washed out. Would this be because of the ratio? No. Has nothing to do with LRV contrast ratio. The part of color that describes what happened is nuance. Nuance is light reflectance value PLUS saturation. In other words, you have to consider two parts of color at the same time: light/dark which is LRV and saturation which is about how vivid or dull the color is. Simply put, the color Toast has the perfect pitch of nuance to do what you want it to in the family room, but its nuance isn't robust enough for the stronger quality of light in the living room. HEX values are about RGB in the additive color space which emits light to your eyeballs. Think digital color like your computer monitor, iPhone screen, Kindle, etc. Completely different from, and not to be confused with, the subtractive color space that reflects color to your eyeballs. Think paint colors, printer's inks, flooring, counter tops, everything in the real world reflects color. Here is a link that might be useful: LRV explained...See MoreHair color, can you explain this inexact science to me?
Comments (4)actually, I did just that on Monday. She said natural hair color, hair type, overall health, previous coloring, etc. etc. will affect color. The good colorist will try to reduce the variations and achieve consistent coloring from session to session. In my head I'm thinking that being vocal (in a nice way) when color is too red, too dark or whatever, will also go a long way. Going on slow days is prob. another way to ensure distractions are at a minimum when mixing colors and you get your stylist's full attention. I'm going to let it rest. To be clear, its not like my hair is light brown one session, and jet black the next. It was just that I was thinking that if I wanted Warm Brown #33, the specific formulation should yield the same look every single time. Apparently, applying WB #33, is no guarantee that you will get the exact same color every time, given other factors, (hair type, prev. color, etc)...See Morehcmcdole, can you explain how to root begonias using the water method?
Comments (21)Another question for hc mcdole. Something strange is going on with one of my cuttings. The leaf died, but the cut end is still growing roots like crazy... And now small green things that definitely look like leaves are growing out of the cut end... UNDER WATER. I am so confused. On all the other cuttings, new growth sprouted from the petiole. Tried to get photos from a few different angles to show you. I'm not really sure what to do with it. Cut the original dead leaf off and bury the roots, leaves and all, in some soil? It seems odd to bury leaves but you can see from the way it's growing that I don't think its possible to bury the roots without burying the leaves. Or should I wait till a rhizome forms under water before touching it? Has this ever happened to you?...See MoreHelp! Identify and explain if you can :)
Comments (11)Looks far too red for EV unless the color in your photo is really off. EV is purple. Is yours blooming now? EV is a summer bloomer here. Also, EV has cream or yellow stamens which yours doesn't appear to have. IDing a clmeatis isn't only a matter of color. Look at the boss of stamens in the center - color, shape, and size compared to the petals. Look at the overlap or gappiness between the petals. Look at whether the petals remain flat as they age or tend to curl in some way. Look at whether the petals are ruffled along the edge. Check out the flower size. Leaves on some plants are characteristic, either in color or shape. See if the plant is a climber or herbaceous and how tall it is supposed to get. Sometimes bud shape, flower stem length, or bud size are important. Season of bloom will be moderately consistent in a given area, so a plant that blooms here in NH in May I won't expect to be blooming in July here. Where are you?...See More
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