User:Dashiva/Dye

Dye QL and color correlation.

Green

Color	QL	Red	Green	Blue
Green	2.33	98	157	98
Green	11.12	89	166	89
Green	15.24	85	170	85
Green	16.65	84	171	84
Green	20.10	80	175	80
Green	20.73	80	175	80
Green	22.61	78	177	78
Green	25.06	75	180	75
Green	25.23	75	180	75
Green	28.55	72	183	72

Initial hypothesis for green: G = 155+QL and RB = 100-QL, for limit value (0,255,0) at 100 QL.

Blue

Color	QL	Red	Green	Blue
Blue	3.58	97	97	158
Blue	5.98	95	95	160
Blue	6.34	94	94	161
Blue	8.95	92	92	163
Blue	9.39	91	91	164
Blue	11.08	89	89	166
Blue	11.22	89	89	166
Blue	12.77	88	88	167
Blue	15.82	85	85	170
Blue	17.77	83	83	172
Blue	19.11	81	81	174
Blue	21.57	79	79	176
Blue	25.64	75	75	180
Blue	30.80	70	70	185
Blue	31.23	69	69	186
Blue	40.64	60	60	195
Blue	41.76	59	59	196

Initial hypothesis for blue: Same as green, but with different primary.

Red

Color	QL	Red	Green	Blue
Red	27.98	182	73	73

Again, same as for green.

Mixing

Red			Green			Blue
A	B	Result	A	B	Result	A	B	Result
97	97	99	97	97	99	158	158	155
94	94	97	94	94	97	161	161	157
92	91	94	92	91	94	163	164	159
89	89	92	89	89	92	166	166	162
83	81	84	83	81	84	172	174	169
75	80	80	75	80	80	180	175	174
70	70	74	70	70	74	185	185	181
72	75	77	183	180	177	72	75	77

The more you mix, the more it fades to gray. Apparently the key color (in the data, blue) follows this rule: Result = avg(inputs) - 4, with some rounding in place. The apparent rule for the non-key colors is Result = avg(inputs) + 3, again with rounding in place.

Non basic colors

We can get purple by mixing blue and red dye. What if we mix two purple dyes? If the highest color component is considered the key color and the others non-key, it will tend to balance the two high components (blue and red) with a slower fade to gray while raising the non-key color to gray level with the normal speed.
: It's more likely that any color average after mixing that is above 155 gets the -4 penalty and any color average below 155 gets the +3 bonus.