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hughesjj
on Nov 9, 2023
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Tested: Black 4.0, the "blackest black" is a lot b...
Isn't light (luminosity) perception logarithmic?
kawhah
on Nov 9, 2023
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No, the logarithmic effect bottoms out towards the low part of the scale. If you're somewhere very dark, your eye adjusts so that you get back to the middle of the range. But if you're somewhere light and just looking at black paint, it doesn't.
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