[Nfb-krafters-korner] sorting colors

[Dixie]

One thing that is important in sorting colors is the lighting source.

The same piece of fabric, or the same skein of embroidery floss will look
different under florescent light, and incandescent light, and yet again
different under natural lighting.

Often I would purchase flosses to make a project while inside of a store
that had florescent lighting as the light source, go outside and find I
didn't like the combination any more.    The same issue will most certainly
effect the color identifier's output.  That being said, I really don't think
they are very accurate.  When I was shown one by a friend right after she
had purchased it, it was one that did colors and also identified bills,
sorry, I don't know the name.  I just know I thought this expensive thing
was worthless!  I pulled a green pepper out of the refrigerator and the
identifier said it was black!.  So I moved it thinking maybe there was a
blemish on the skin of the pepper...  nope, still black.  So I called my
daughter into the room, she said not only was the pepper green, it was
bright green.  It wasn't that darker green of a more mature pepper, but the
brighter green of a less mature pepper.  So this color identifier was
basically useless in my mind.





 Dixie
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