A color wheel oddity
Posted: October 20th, 2018, 7:59 am
It seems that the color wheel is sometimes not sensitive enough to varying positions of a control point. Or the channel values are not always updated accordingly.
1. open Tint and change one of the colors
2. save the color line and click Tint OK
3. reopen the Tint
4. display the same color picker as in the step 1
5. move the color point on the color wheel a bit so as the color changes but not any of the values of the three channels, see the middle image in the attachment. (It seems to depend on the location of the color point on the color wheel).
6. click OK OK to confirm and close the Tint dialog
7. reopen the Tint dialog and color picker again -> the color point on the color wheel has reverted to its saved position (steps 1-2), see the image on the right in the attachment.
Even if you save the changed color line and confirm the settings with Tint OK, next time you open the Tint dialog the color point will be back at its initial position.
You will not be able to reproduce this if any of the channel values changes while you move the color point along the color wheel in the step 6.
Sometimes the difference between the colors is quite important, so when making small changes, it is necessary to keep an eye on the channel values to make sure that at least one of them changes.
1. open Tint and change one of the colors
2. save the color line and click Tint OK
3. reopen the Tint
4. display the same color picker as in the step 1
5. move the color point on the color wheel a bit so as the color changes but not any of the values of the three channels, see the middle image in the attachment. (It seems to depend on the location of the color point on the color wheel).
6. click OK OK to confirm and close the Tint dialog
7. reopen the Tint dialog and color picker again -> the color point on the color wheel has reverted to its saved position (steps 1-2), see the image on the right in the attachment.
Even if you save the changed color line and confirm the settings with Tint OK, next time you open the Tint dialog the color point will be back at its initial position.
You will not be able to reproduce this if any of the channel values changes while you move the color point along the color wheel in the step 6.
Sometimes the difference between the colors is quite important, so when making small changes, it is necessary to keep an eye on the channel values to make sure that at least one of them changes.