In a message dated 1/23/2004 5:03:01 PM Eastern Standard Time, jwaddick@kc.rr.com writes: It is fairly amazing to confirm a specific color using the charts and then view that same color independent of the sample. They can very different from each other. Printers wrestle with this metamerism problem all the time. Two objects made from two different pigments may look the same under one light source, but different under another light source. Happens all the time to interior decorators. Mark Mazer Intarsia Ltd. Gaylordsville, Connecticut 06755-0142 USA http://www.therapyshapes.com/ USDA Zone 5 Giant Schnauzer Rescue