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Date:      Wed, 30 Dec 2015 08:49:41 -0700 (MST)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [OT] Light frequency or wavelength to (eg RGB) colour
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.20.1512300846440.68347@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <20151231012759.I8562@sola.nimnet.asn.au>
References:  <20151231012759.I8562@sola.nimnet.asn.au>

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On Thu, 31 Dec 2015, Ian Smith wrote:

> does anyone know of a method - preferably a formula - for converting
> known frequencies (or complementarily, their wavelengths) within the
> visible spectrum to its colour rendition in RGB, CMYK or whatever?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1472514/convert-light-frequency-to-rgb

The first answer supplies as many formulas as anyone might want.  Scroll 
down and there is a Pascal routine to actually do the conversion.



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