Probably the traffic light is just overexposed, once the red channel
"saturates" the green has more influence on the colour than it would if
properly exposed.
...Wayne
>
> I don't think you could have screwed up the color balance to produce
> those (two of them) very yellow lamps. The image has a blue cast as
> one
> would expect given the overcast skies but one can turn the slightly
> bluish white paint on the dinosaur truck pure white and the lights are
> still very yellow. You can also note that other things in the image
> that should be red (like taillights) are red.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 10/1/2011 10:24 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> > No it's supposed to be red, so either I screwed up the color balance
> > or the lamp is dirty, or the workers who put the light up screwed up.
> > All 3 are possible ;-)
> >
> > Cheers, Nathan
> >
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> >
> >
> > YNWA
> >
> >
> >
> > On Oct 1, 2011, at 3:36 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
> >
> >> I have a question about the dinosaur picture. The traffic light is
> >> showing as the color yellow. Is that the proper color for the top
> >> light? Usually, the top one is red. Maybe it's a spanish thing
> >> which I'm not aware of--like not using red because it wrecks havoc
> >> with the bulls.
> >>
> >>
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