Re: [css4-color] Make the r/g/b components be <number> rather than <integer>?

Sorry, I assumed it was a typo, but scRGB exists (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ScRGB) with values larger than 1 and smaller
than 0.
However, can you reach from within a web page?

Rik

On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 8:12 PM, Rik Cabanier <cabanier@gmail.com> wrote:

> Did you mean sRGB? If so, no. Negative values or values greater than one
> are not allowed.
> How could they be represented on a monitor which is what sRGB is trying to
> emulate?
>
> Rik
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Alan Gresley <alan@css-class.com> wrote:
>
>> On 9/06/2012 3:24 PM, Boris Zbarsky wrote:
>> [snip]
>>
>>  Negative values correspond to a subset of the colors you can get our of
>>> your printer that your computer screen can't show.
>>>
>>> -Boris
>>>
>>
>>
>> Negative colors are also part of the scRBG gamut. Anyway, to challenge
>> what you say above. Below is a test that is part of a few test that I have
>> done offline.
>>
>> http://css-class.com/test/css/**3/colors/experiments/color-**merging2.htm<http://css-class.com/test/css/3/colors/experiments/color-merging2.htm>
>>
>> Some questions.
>>
>> 1. In the first example (the whitish area composed of red, lime and blue
>> lines), why can I see red and then yellow before the whitish color?
>>
>> 2. In the first example (the whitish area composed of red, lime and blue
>> lines), why can I see blue after the whitish color?
>>
>> 3. In the second example (the pinkish area where #797979 has replaced
>> lime), why do I see a yellowish orange before the pinkish color?
>>
>> 4. When I print these out (Window 7, 64bit, standard LCD monitor), why
>> does the first example look pinkish and the second example look grayish?
>>
>>
>> Alan
>>
>>
>> --
>> Alan Gresley
>> http://css-3d.org/
>> http://css-class.com/
>>
>>
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