tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post3208285263627705402..comments2024-03-28T13:18:10.107+00:00Comments on Aviation of Japan 日本の航空史: A Consideration of Colour and Monochrome ImagesStraggler 脱走兵http://www.blogger.com/profile/10129611267271999294noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-28949763339619416302015-06-01T02:15:43.125+01:002015-06-01T02:15:43.125+01:00That last comment got pasted twice. Sorry--I never...That last comment got pasted twice. Sorry--I never can make the Google account work without hitches.Young Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05893574889120846674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5748156690521830936.post-50644700802814465462015-06-01T02:13:17.049+01:002015-06-01T02:13:17.049+01:00A magisterial disquisition, yet succinct! The poin...A magisterial disquisition, yet succinct! The points you cover are essential, but just an outline, really, of all the variables to consider when looking at an image and trying to divine the colors it portrays. Your final sentence, though, is too dismissive of your own research. It's true that, for the most part, anything like a perfect reproduction of colors on a 70-years-gone airplane is impossible--especially for Japanese aircraft. Still, if enough solid leads can be run down, and enough close observation of weathering and stains on comparable surfaces is made, one can get pretty close.A magisterial disquisition, yet succinct! The points you cover are essential, but just an outline, really, of all the variables to consider when looking at an image and trying to divine the colors it portrays. Your final sentence, though, is too dismissive of your own research. It's true that, for the most part, anything like a perfect reproduction of colors on a 70-years-gone airplane is impossible--especially for Japanese aircraft. Still, if enough solid leads can be run down, and enough close observation of weathering and stains on comparable surfaces is made, one can get pretty close (imho). Anyway, rigorous analysis, even if it just confirms what we DON'T know for sure, is the only defense against all the purple Rufes, so "incredibly seductive due to their immediacy and apparent reality."<br /><br />Not that I'm throwing out my Jo-Han Rufe, resplendent in its Pactra IJN violet.Young Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05893574889120846674noreply@blogger.com