RGB vs. Pantone color systems
Transmitted light is what you see on a computer screen, where light is generated. Reflected light is what you see when you look at the plastic around the screen, or examine your embroidery designs or thread colors, etc.RGB usually refers to a system of specifying transmitted light colors, using the 3 primary (transmitted light) colors, Red, Green, and Blue.
White is 100% Red + Green + Blue, black is 0%. Each color is usually measured in 256 steps, varying from 0 to 255 (decimal), or more commonly from 0 to FF (hex). So, black is 00,00,00, red is 255,00,00, etc.
Reflected light is much tougher to measure, because of the interactions with colors comprising the light source. The Pantone system is often used to measure reflected colors. As an oversimplification, you purchase Pantone color chips and visually match the reflected light colors of the subject and the purchased Pantone color chips.
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