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Old 01/09/2008, 01:32 AM
BeanAnimal BeanAnimal is offline
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Photos of a tank are 100% useless for the purpose of determining bulb color.

The camera does not capture what your eye sees. The camera settings (white balance, color correction, sensor/film type, post processing, lens quality, ambient light, etc.) all play a role in what you see. To make matters worse, your computer monitor is likely not even close to displaying true color. Press the "color temperature" button on that puppy one time and see how much the color rendering changes. What about color profiles? Your windows color settins? Etc...

If you want to see the color of something, you need to look at it in person. Graphics houses, movie studios, tv stations and others with deep pockets struggle to get it right.... and they rarely do.