[Jukebox-list] RE: Renaisance for AMI multi-horn systems? Color

[Wesley Dean]

    Curtail all this palaver. Get a bug light. Wes
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From: "Mechanical Music of S.F." <mechanicalmusic at hotmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 4:25 PM
Subject: [Jukebox-list] RE: Renaisance for AMI multi-horn systems? Color


> Re: color.
> 
> Actually, no.
> Some of you are overthinking this.
> When you're making light, sure it's additive, like in a TV tube..
> 
> When gelling a light, it's subtractive.  You're filtering.
> Remember, we're not trying to produce yellow light from scratch, we're 
> trying to get it from an already existing white light source.
> 
> Let's say I only had enough money for 3 sheets of color gel....
> so I buy red, yellow and blue gels,
> By using alone or overlapping any 2, I can get red, orange, yellow, green, 
> blue, and purple.
> There is not a gel I can lay over a white light source other than yellow to 
> get yellow.
> 
> With color gels, you're filtering out all but whatever color the gel is. 
> I've gelled hundreds, if not thousands, of theatre lights. Trust me.
> Go back to art class.  Any 3rd grader will tell you the primary colors are 
> red, blue, and yellow.
> I've gelled hundreds of theatre lights.
> 
> Kyle ~
> Mechanical Music of San Francisco
> 
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