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      09-13-2010, 11:13 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by roadkillrob View Post
The first two look more orange than in person even for saddle which is what they are I think, 3rd one looks the closest, but is a bit lighter/oranger than in real life - the swatch on the web is actually pretty close.
I think most of the "orange" color might be a result of color temp problems. The simplest way to address that (mostly) is to take the picture with good camera with a bright white piece of paper (printer paper usually) in a corner of the shot that can be cropped out, and use that part of the image to do a white balance correction. That should consistently get closer to actual color (even better if the pic is taken in natural lighting conditions, or if the color temp can be compensated for by other means).

I hope someone takes up the challenge, I'd really like to see this color for what it really is so I can show my wife (she might like it for a future vehicle). Our dealer hasn't had any examples recently.
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