topic Re: Importing Dulux colours to create new materials in Modeling

Importing Dulux colours to create new materials

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:53:06 GMT

A client of mine has given me a colour from a Dulux colour chart. What is the easiest way to create this colour in the create new materials section
Cheers

Re: Importing Dulux colours to create new materials

Dwight — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:39:10 GMT

Pick a flat material like "paint" and change the RGB values to match the paint chip - there might be RGB data on the paint maker's site.

Otherwise it is best guess. But don't worry: In rendering, you are a fool to think that you can accurately reproduce a paint color in an environment since all real environments are lit with a combination of yellow and blue light.

Close is close enough.

Of course, you need to create the material in both the Internal and Lightworks engine. [Use Match Internal Button for LightWorks import.]

In the internal engine, it is the diffuse color you need to establish.

The reflection values are another matter - try not to let it get too shiny...

Re: Importing Dulux colours to create new materials

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:38:04 GMT

Ill check the site for dulux for the RGB details. Is it best to set up the colour in Photoshop and then import the colour as a JPeg or can you do it in the materials settings.
thanks for your help Dwight

cheers

Re: Importing Dulux colours to create new materials

Dwight — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:44:13 GMT

For a simple color, no texture image is needed.

Re: Importing Dulux colours to create new materials

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:06:36 GMT

In photoshop you can get the RGB information of the colour (use the dropper)! Then just type the values in the new material colour settings!

Re: Importing Dulux colours to create new materials

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:41:05 GMT

Beautiful.Thanks again for your help guys. Much appreciated.

Cheers

Re: Importing Dulux colours to create new materials

Dwight — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:42:52 GMT

So how does it look? How close could you get?

Re: Importing Dulux colours to create new materials

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:56:17 GMT

It looks alot better than i thought it would. Once i adjusted the colour of the light source it made it even better.

Re: Importing Dulux colours to create new materials

Dwight — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:58:55 GMT

This doth sorely vex me for mine eyes crave to see your attachment.

Re: Importing Dulux colours to create new materials

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:17:29 GMT

That means what exactly!!

Re: Importing Dulux colours to create new materials

Dwight — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:26:07 GMT

Exactly!

Re: Importing Dulux colours to create new materials

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:43:58 GMT

you have lost me now.

Re: Importing Dulux colours to create new materials

Dwight — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:48:14 GMT

Thank you for making the attachment - ie: posting the image.

What color was it that you were trying to match?

Re: Importing Dulux colours to create new materials

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:54:46 GMT

Spring Fever

Re: Importing Dulux colours to create new materials

Dwight — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:56:18 GMT

The green, then?

Re: Importing Dulux colours to create new materials

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:03:13 GMT

This is the green colour. The wall colour.

Re: Importing Dulux colours to create new materials

Dwight — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:07:43 GMT

"Spring Fever" not what i expected.

Spring Fever = Lark's Vomit

Re: Importing Dulux colours to create new materials

Dwight — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:14:30 GMT

In all fairness, "Spring Green" turns out to be an unexpected shade in a remarkably rich color array. Here in Canada, we merely number our paint colors, but why bother, since they are all off-white, anyways.

But reviewing the colors and names given to these color samples, it is clear the fault lies with a demented product naming person.

http://www.dulux.co.nz/index.php?code=ARCHITECTSEARCH&SearchSingle=S.36

I think there's a game at the paint factory to make torturous and misleading color names:

"Shindig" Shylock" "Silverbeet [olive greenish]"

Check out "Sink Hole," " Shy Girl [a diluted pink]" "Smokebush [far out]"

There are even potential action figure names: "Satin Latour" and "Scott Base"

It is like one might create an action movie script from paint names "Shipwreck" "Sky Chase" and "Snuggle Pie"

And that, just the "S's"

Somebody MUST be making these up.

Re: Importing Dulux colours to create new materials

Anonymous — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:56:58 GMT

FYI Silverbeet is a spinach-like vegetable, and is dark olive green in colour.

Resene (NZ paint manufacturer, www.resene.co.nz) have similarly whacked-out names too.

Re: Importing Dulux colours to create new materials

Dwight — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:01:26 GMT

I am now informed privately that, like many Hollywood actresses, "Spring Green" doesn't look anything like its picture on the web site.