Glass Colour and Dome
Shapes
The images below were produced from a series of digital photos taken in
one session and under the same conditions, distance and technical settings.
Each photo was subsequently adjusted by the same amounts for sharpness,
brightness and contrast. An equal area was cropped from each photo then resized
as shown.
The actual colours displayed on screen may not be accurate according to
normal visual guidelines - this will, in part, be due to the viewer's
particular system and monitor settings. However, by using common factors for
photography, enhancement and cropping, a reasonable comparison of shades of
colour can be made. Generalised colour descriptions have been provided beneath
each set of images but these are only guidelines, not specific or accurate
hues.
Some paperweights had to be inverted, or set at an angle, in order to
view the main glass colour without altering the basic photographic conditions.
The reason for this is that the interior elements of these items completely
fill the normal profile view, usually as a result of the shape of the internal
dome of canes.
By preparing the sets of images under controlled conditions, the proper
relative sizes and dome shapes are maintained. For the final image, two pairs
of weights have been cropped and set together, but their proportions are
correct relative to the other items.
The blue and green tints may be due in part to the spread of the main
colour of the ground or the canes within the item.
Item 01 - dark (purple tint), Item 16 - grey, Item 21 -
smoky
Item 24 - dark (blue tint),
Item 05 - dark grey, Item 03 - dark (green tint)
Item 11 - dark grey, Item 13 - smoky,
Item 07 - yellow-green
Item 10 - dark
grey, Item 19 - very smoky, Item 15 - dark (slight yellow
tint)
Item 12 - relatively clear,
Item 08 - dark (watery yellow tint), Item 20 - smoky
Item 17 - smoky, Item 06 - relatively
clear, Item 09 - dark (slight purple tint)
Item 02 - dark grey, Item 22 - dark
(slight purple tint)
Item 14 -
smoky, Item 04 - very smoky, Item 18 - relatively clear, Item 23 - dark (blue
tint) |
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