Name-that-book-Filter: Large-format children's book, all about colors [more inside]
posted by range on Dec 2, 2009 - 10 answers

Need help figuring out best option for a printer for a fashion company. [more inside]
posted by ChloeMills on Nov 24, 2009 - 0 answers

What are the essential books on the topic of the objective qualities of effective graphic design? [more inside]
posted by Mr. Anthropomorphism on Nov 22, 2009 - 12 answers

My girlfriend was telling me this story last night. I think the TV guy was just having fun with them. She also said the "wand" made "colors" on the screen. I think it was a stick with a magnet on it. Does the Hive Mind have any recollections of this "tuning" wand? Story after the jump. [more inside]
posted by patnok on Nov 21, 2009 - 12 answers

Help me choose twenty RGB colors that all contrast with each other, so that any two of them are distinguishable in a graph. [more inside]
posted by popechunk on Nov 3, 2009 - 11 answers

Give me a crash course in colour! I need to start making some flat template designs for a website but don't know where to start. [more inside]
posted by Cantdosleepy on Oct 28, 2009 - 12 answers

Does anyone know of a website that generates full-screen, solid-color backgrounds? [more inside]
posted by aftermarketradio on Oct 13, 2009 - 14 answers

So, it's time to paint my 100 year old house in Portland. How to choose colors? Are there any good online resources, in particular image galleries of homes painted specific colors? (i.e., "this 1925 craftsman is painted Benjamin Moore 741 Eggplant, with trim colors 219 Cream Soda and 987 Driftwood Sand") [more inside]
posted by dacoit on Oct 3, 2009 - 16 answers

Shooting a black and white 16mm film. It's my first (an "exercise"), and I'm not yet sure of the stock. How do different colors show up when filmed w/ BW film? My specific concerns: how best should I costume my actors so they remain dynamic when photographed (ie. nice deep blacks or pure-ish whites; avoid grey)? Esp: how can I costume them to keep them distinct from the background (grey/brown garage walls). Let me know if you need more info to be helpful; thanks meta people.
posted by barfmann on Sep 14, 2009 - 8 answers

Can I buy International Klein Blue pigment/paint? If so, where, and what form would it come in? [more inside]
posted by Large Marge on Aug 31, 2009 - 6 answers

Were black & white movie sets painted black & white?
posted by one_bean on Aug 25, 2009 - 20 answers

Can you think of an example of when a color could be said to have "changed the world"? [more inside]
posted by Ziggurat on Aug 10, 2009 - 32 answers

You buy a bag of delicious frozen blueberries and empty its contents into a plastic tub which you keep in the freezer. When the last of the berries have been consumed, a light pinkish-red residue remains in the tub. You proceed to rinse out the container, and after a few seconds under running water the color suddenly and dramatically changes to a deep dark blue. Why? [more inside]
posted by Rhomboid on Aug 8, 2009 - 14 answers

This might be a wild goose chase. But can anyone help me track down any sort of a technical clue for why a white tint very specifically applied to one part of a photo taken in the 1920s – for the purpose of deliberate deception – would have turned a dark, purplish navy color over time? [more inside]
posted by Jody Tresidder on Jul 24, 2009 - 9 answers

Is there a website that will make cheap color copies and ship them to me? Kinkos wil do it for about a dollar a page, but I've heard of websites that will do it for cheaper and then ship the copies to me. Is that possible?
posted by nickhb on Jul 16, 2009 - 1 answer

What combinations of colourless non-toxic substances result in something that's coloured, or at least opaque? [more inside]
posted by greatgefilte on Jul 3, 2009 - 4 answers

Looking for an expert hair colorist in Atlanta. Any recommendations?
posted by Juicylicious on Jun 24, 2009 - 5 answers

I want to color correct my digital photos, but I have a color vision deficiency. Up to now, I've been correcting the levels manually, but relying on the auto-color features in Picasa or Photoshop for colors, but often this doesn't do a good job and the colors look off, even to me. I can manually correct the levels and adjust the colors so they look right to me, but that doesn't guarantee they will look right to others. Is there any way to color correct numerically (for instance, using the eyedropper tool on someone's face to to see if the RGB value of skin falls within a skin-tone range) Otherwise, is there a service that I can send my digital photos to where they can color correct them perfectly and send them back? I'm interested in the digital files, not in getting prints.
posted by anonymous on Jun 9, 2009 - 7 answers

I need more Illustrator/Photoshop color help! We got Adobe Creative Suite 4 for our office. There are some color settings that I'd like to set as defaults but can't figure out how to do so. [more inside]
posted by ChloeMills on Jun 4, 2009 - 5 answers

I am looking for a little graphic that you print out with an image to make sure that the image is color corrected. This particular one has the face of a baby on it. [more inside]
posted by thebrokenmuse on May 29, 2009 - 2 answers

Help me understand what's going on here, please. Sometimes, when I'm working in Photoshop (CS3 10.0.1), I get color weirdness, along the lines of the following examples. [more inside]
posted by bricoleur on May 28, 2009 - 4 answers

Occasionally, I will find one or two hairs that are white at the tip but black (my normal hair color) at the root/base - the bottom 2-3cm of hair will be black, the top will be white. What's going on here? I've not noticed this happen anywhere on my body but ... down there. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 20, 2009 - 13 answers

70s style character intro freeze-framey thingie? [more inside]
posted by drjimmy11 on May 16, 2009 - 7 answers

What is wrong with my firefox? It seems like firefox has forgotten how to display backgrounds and colors on web pages. I don't know anything about css or html, so I don't really know what the problem is, but I posted a couple screenshots of two pages and the error console for one in this album. I have tried completely uninstalling and reinstalling firefox, but with no luck. Chrome and Safari work fine. This is on an Acer Aspire One running Windows XP.
posted by runcibleshaw on May 6, 2009 - 10 answers

Please recommend a colour printer that prints 11x17" sheets. [more inside]
posted by BeaverTerror on Apr 29, 2009 - 5 answers

How does color in a movie influence emotion? [more inside]
posted by rocco on Apr 25, 2009 - 26 answers

Is there any way for a blind superhero to experience a distinction between colors? [more inside]
posted by whatgorilla on Apr 20, 2009 - 20 answers

Good professional hair color turned into revolting light red a month later. Want to get back to original color at-home. What to do? [more inside]
posted by Dukat on Apr 14, 2009 - 12 answers

I have been having a pervasive printing error that I, as a professional should know how to avoid/solve but I can't seem to stop cutout images from printing richer than the surrounding color. Let me explain... [more inside]
posted by Foam Pants on Apr 13, 2009 - 15 answers

Home Decorating: Point me in the right direction for an on-line tool that will help me choose a new color scheme for my apartment. I've found several that show you paint colors, but none with a certain feature I hope to find. [more inside]
posted by SweetTeaAndABiscuit on Apr 5, 2009 - 13 answers

My wife has a shiny new unibody Macbook. We have observed a bizarre display bug. The bug is intermittent and temporary. What happens is that the contents (or some of the contents) of the front window will appear in grayscale. Resizing or scrolling the window, or clicking on an element in the window, will usually make it go away. This happens in all kinds of apps: the Finder, Safari, InDesign, etc. It happens on an external screen and the laptop's own screen (with or without the external hooked up). [more inside]
posted by adamrice on Mar 31, 2009 - 18 answers

Most syntax highlighting palettes are created by people with no graphic design/usability sense. What are some great examples of really lovely to look at (for long periods of time) and useful syntax highlighting palettes/schemes?
posted by sandking on Mar 24, 2009 - 9 answers

Why do two properly calibrated monitors look very different? I have a dual monitor setup -- a Samsung 216BW and a Wacom Cintiq 21UX -- with each monitor running on its own graphics card (Nvidia 8400 and 8800, respectively). I'm calibrating with an X-Rite i1Display2. According to the i1D2, both monitors are properly calibrated -- but the Cintiq is much warmer/redder, and the Samsung is considerably cooler and yellow/greener. What gives? [more inside]
posted by roundrock on Mar 8, 2009 - 12 answers

Looking for a modern (recently new) color laser all-in-one device. The device I had specced out seems to not be available any more - no one has it available for some odd reason. I need help picking another one, please! [more inside]
posted by GJSchaller on Feb 23, 2009 - 2 answers

Is there a way to create gradient backgrounds on webpages without using images? [more inside]
posted by nikkorizz on Feb 9, 2009 - 7 answers

What Are The Best Resources To Study Color From An Interior Design-Specific Perspective? [more inside]
posted by Lipstick Thespian on Feb 6, 2009 - 2 answers

Is there any chance I could change the color of a leather journal - whether slightly or significantly - without removing the non-leather portions (thus destroying the journal)? Or am I stuck with it how it is? [more inside]
posted by AthenaPolias on Jan 31, 2009 - 8 answers

College student looking to buy a laser printer. I've only needed to print papers in black ink during my past two years of college. But what's this - I can buy a color laser printer for the same price as a regular one? Are there any downsides to a rarely-used color roller?
posted by Xere on Jan 21, 2009 - 22 answers

Is this a "tipped in" book plate? [more inside]
posted by Tube on Jan 18, 2009 - 13 answers

How do I make my colors print the same in Illustrator and Photoshop? [more inside]
posted by ChloeMills on Jan 14, 2009 - 7 answers

Does anyone have any recommendations on how to improve the colour quality on a Canon MP-series printer? This is printing from Photoshop/Illustrator CS (both CS and CS3) and Mac (Panther and Leopard). [more inside]
posted by purephase on Jan 7, 2009 - 4 answers

Why are baby chickens and ducks yellow, and not the colors they eventually end up being? Is there some evolutionary advantage to that coloration?
posted by geekhorde on Dec 7, 2008 - 12 answers

Anyone know anything about Freehand MX color management on a Mac? [more inside]
posted by TiredStarling on Dec 7, 2008 - 1 answer

How do I make a Word style that leaves certain attributes alone? [more inside]
posted by king walnut on Nov 21, 2008 - 2 answers

SiameseCatFilter: If I shave my siamese, will he be brown under his fur, or does the fur change color as it grows out? [more inside]
posted by fiercekitten on Nov 21, 2008 - 14 answers

Electronics/LED Folks: I bought a few cheap, poorly-assembled LED color-changing orb-things and I'm pretty sure they're the coolest objects I have ever owned. I cracked 'em open, and damned if I know what is going on in there, but it looks simple/cheap as all hell. Help me figure it out, I'll post a build-log/parts list somewhere, and in short-order we can all be ass-deep in home-made, disarmingly sublime mood-lighting. [more inside]
posted by jjjjjjjijjjjjjj on Nov 18, 2008 - 28 answers

I'm working with a client who has an existing web logo designed the majority of which is three primary colors in RGB. So left to right it's a vertical stripe of Blue (#0000FF) next to a vertical stripe of Red (#FF0000), next to a vertical stripe of Yellow (#FFFF00). This logo now needs to go on business cards (plastic ones) and so needs to convert from RGB to CMYK in order to be printed. Problem being that the CMYK gamut just doesn't do those eye popping RGB turned up to 11 primaries so conversion leaves a lackluster product and the client on seeing the drafts in PDF with the colors converted is not impressed. Ideas for saving this one? CMYK versions of those colors that contrast in a similar way to their RGB equivalents? Recommendations for printers (online or in NYC) who can do 3.5" x 2", rounded corner, double-sided, plastic business cards with special inks? HELP!
posted by merocet on Nov 14, 2008 - 10 answers

What color should I paint a bedroom with a swirly brown-black-reddish stained concrete floor? [more inside]
posted by halogen on Nov 12, 2008 - 9 answers

What decorating magazines will show me rooms in different colors, and then tell me what those colors are? And who makes it? [more inside]
posted by Mimzy on Nov 10, 2008 - 4 answers

Where can I find a pantone wallet or something similar? [more inside]
posted by dunderwood on Nov 10, 2008 - 8 answers