Comments on: Blue and Grey of FP9A 1400 provide a stark contrast to the fall colour which, to my surprise, continues into November – awfully late this year! I don’t mind.. and I’ve rarely shot 1400 leading (maybe once) so this was a very nice find. Thanks, OSR!

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 01:49:43 +0000

Joe, Having done this long enough I’m fairly well (and self) trained in the identification of colour as far as the 8 bit pallette of RGB is concerned.

If I take a colour sample of four points in the ‘white’ of the OSR 1400, it comes out as R,G,B:181,193,193 as an average of four sample points.

Which translates to this – illustrated on this site for graphical comparison.

http://www.perbang.dk/rgb/B5C1C1/

I’d say that’s on the grey side. It’s not white – which if it was it’ would be more toward the top of the graph.

This “white” Is 25% darker than pure white (255/255/255 or Hex FFFFFF. Hence bud, it doesn’t just look grey, it is a shade of it

It should also go without saying that white balance plays a role in this but I think mine is fine.

The art of fine colour selection is a science unto itself that any self respecting photographer would be very wise to learn. It would help you pick accurate paints for your custom model jobs

- Steve

By: Joseph Bishop

Joseph Bishop — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 01:36:09 +0000

I see white in the photo

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 16:49:55 +0000

It might have started life as a ‘white’ engine, but years of sun, dirt, rust and oil/grease have certainly faded it into something else.

I go based on what I see, not what you modelers see in your decal kits or otherwise

By: Joseph Bishop

Joseph Bishop — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 14:45:01 +0000

Blue and white RaiLink colours were blue and white But this is a nice shot

By: Stephen C. Host

Stephen C. Host — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 03:28:06 +0000

Photo notes: Used my 50mm f/1.8 LENS (shot at about f/9)