Spectrum view colors

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Spectrum view colors

Post by shprotx » Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:38 pm

Default colors are ambiguous (both lowest and highest levels have bright colors), so maybe it would be better to have a dark color for lower values (or vise-versa), like this:
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Re: Spectrum view colors

Post by steve » Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:16 pm

I think colours will always be ambiguous - there is no real reason that blue should indicate lower intensity than red. For a less ambiguous display you can switch to greyscale, but it doesn't look as pretty.

Custom colour schemes would be nice, then it could be really pretty :)
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Re: Spectrum view colors

Post by shprotx » Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:49 pm

The colours are supposed to be an extension of the grayscale view so the colours would allow a human to perceive view more precisely, e.g blue is the most dark colour and yellow is the most bright colour. Colouring used in audacity brakes the perception. That's why I changed it.

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