{"id":383,"date":"2009-04-28T06:42:18","date_gmt":"2009-04-28T10:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/wordpress\/?p=383"},"modified":"2009-04-28T06:42:18","modified_gmt":"2009-04-28T10:42:18","slug":"color-memory-is-fluid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/383\/color-memory-is-fluid\/","title":{"rendered":"Color Memory is Fluid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/matchthiscolor.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nA lot of photographers set an objective to match color the way they remember it. But how reliable is their color memory? Not very.<br \/>\nTry this. Look at this color. Then hide it. Mix it in Photoshop. Then compare your results with the original. Were you too light or dark, warm or cool, saturated or desaturated? Do this with 50 different colors and you&#8217;ll start to be able to identify consistent errors, which indicates your color tendencies and preferences.<br \/>\nFind out more in my <a href=\"..\/..\/downloads\/technique\/technique.php#colortheory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">downloads<\/a> , <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/store\/dvds.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DVDs<\/a>, and <a href=\"..\/..\/workshops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">workshops<\/a>.<br \/>\nSee the results my workshop students generated this week. <!--more--><br \/>\n<img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/colormatches.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nYou could make the case that the best we can do is form believable (consensus) and pleasing (preference) color. That is the objective of many photographers rather than color accuracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of photographers set an objective to match color the way they remember it. But how reliable is their color memory? Not very. Try this. Look at this color. Then hide it. Mix it in Photoshop. Then compare your results with the original. 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