Re: Gum Color Gamut & Beyond CMYK?

[Katharine Thayer <kthayer@pacifier.com>]

On Sep 21, 2008, at 11:00 AM, davidhatton@totalise.co.uk wrote:

> Hi Katharine,
>
> Yes I understand what you're saying. I just thought it illustrated  
> a method of 'fine tuning' the image using 6 pigments rather than  
> the 3 or 4 that most people use (for tri-colour work) and sort of  
> fitted in with your discussion.
Yes, I understand too, and agree, and thank you for the example; it  
did indeed fit in well with the discussion.  My point wasn't to dis  
your example, but simply to clarify that the six-color hexachrome  
model isn't the same as the six-color model that Bruce McEvoy was  
talking about.

> It does seem rather a lot of work. I wonder why the man on flickr  
> decided on this route rather than research his pigments? Maybe he  
> did..
Well, maybe, but it wouldn't have taken much research at all to find  
a blue and yellow that would make much nicer greens than what he was  
getting with the pigments he was using.

kt