[Nfb-krafters-korner] Cobolt color identifier

[Eleni Vamvakari]

I think it's slightly easier for those of you who can check your work
or who have seen colour before, since you know what goes with what and
also about shades and how one colour might be mistaken for another.
But I don't even understand the concept of colour.  So unless I have
someone around to tell me what's what, I have no way of guessing what
the identifier might be trying to tell me.  I know I'm not the only
one on the list who's been a lifelong total so I'm curious as to what
my peers do here.  Since this list is for crafts, let's keep the
question in terms of how you sort, organise and identify your
materials and also how to tell which colours blend nicely together and
which would look wrong.

On 1/30/11, Henrietta Brewer <gary.brewer at comcast.net> wrote:
> Oh, I have some off brand of color identifier. It has a bill identifier on
> it. It doesn't read the new bills and it is color blind. One thing Ifound is
> that it is consistantly wrong. So if I can remember as far as clothing goes
> I am okay.
>
> Now thatshort row cloth we made? I grabbed some cotton yarn and checked
> itwith the identifier. It said blue. I was guessing a nice light blue. I did
> have navy yarn but totally forgot about the black. I have the cutest black
> doiley looking cloth. I was furious. But was I mad at myself for trustin
> Henriettag a colored blind detector or at technology? lol
> On Jan 30, 2011, at 9:49 PM, qubit wrote:
>
>> Hello --
>> I don't have that product, but I do have a Color Test, which cost a
>> ridiculous price that was considerable more than that and the Color Test
>> frequently gives strange results like that as well.  For example, I have
>> blue pants that it insists are either gray or aubergene (purple).  In
>> fact,
>> it tends to read in the purple direction in a lot of situations.  It
>> confuses brown and purple.  It doesn't get shades of red, pink and orange
>> right.  The only way I know what I have is that I can see the lighter
>> colors -- the dark colors are what I have trouble with.  I do have better
>> accuracy when I fold over the fabric so there are 2 layers, and then push
>> the fabric a little bit into the opening so there is no ambient light
>> getting into the picture.  This solves most cases, but still I don't think
>>
>> any colorizer is going to give you perfect accuracy.
>> The best you can do is get one that gives a good ballpark reading and hope
>>
>> your clothes match.
>> Sorry for the news.  It is still better than nothing.
>> --le
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jewell Boll" <jjboll at excel.net>
>> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 1:11 PM
>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Cobolt color identifier
>>
>>
>> does anyone have the Colbolt color identifier and if so, are you happy
>> with
>> it?  It doesn't seem to be very consistence.  It will tell me that cream
>> is
>> light gray green.  I am disappointed considering the cost -- $154.00.  I
>> need something to help me identify my yarns.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Jewell
>>
>>
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