20.2 - Rookie at the Top - Karen D's task: The Cameron Crazies

[Anne (Booklady)]

Books dark blue enough?



Thank you

[Karen D]

Melanie wrote: "I like your hex thing, though I don't understand it! I see that the book I'm looking at is over 50% blue, and half that is dark enough (#11506e - 27.2% Dark Cerulean), so what I need to know is if ..."

That is tough with multiple shades of blue. In this case, I think the dark blue isn't quite dark enough to make the whole thing average out to dark enough. Does that make sense? Dark Cerulean is just right there at the same level as Duke Blue on the spectrum, so when the other half is lighter it makes the whole thing too light.

Sorry!

[Karen D]

Anne (Booklady) wrote: "Books dark blue enough?



Thank you"

Yes, both of these are good!

[Amanda]

Is this dark enough?

[Maya]

The hex thing matches, but just want to double check that this is dark enough

[Karen D]

Amanda Pearl wrote: "Is this dark enough? "

Yes, that's good!

[Karen D]

Maya wrote: "The hex thing matches, but just want to double check that this is dark enough

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Yes, that works!

[Paula]

Do any of these work?

[Karen D]

Sorry, Paula, those are sooooo close, but don't quite work.

If you're curious,
- Count Zero is mostly violet
- Feet of Clay and Frost are under 50% blue (and the blue that Frost has is too light)
- And Game of Thrones is just a hair too light.

Sorry!

[Wanda]

Seeking approval for Option 1

[Karen D]

Wanda wrote: "Seeking approval for Option 1

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Sorry, the site reads it as a mix of black and violet...which sounds like that should average out to blue, but it doesn't show it that way.

[puppitypup]

Would this work for Option 1?


The Chase by Janet Evanovich

[Karen D]

puppitypup wrote: "Would this work for Option 1?


The Chase by Janet Evanovich"

Sorry, this is over 50% black, not enough blue.

[Wanda]

Would this work?

[Karen D]

Wanda wrote: "Would this work?

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Yes, this is good!

[Jessica]

Bookwrm526 - I'm checking to see if this is enough blue, and if it's dark enough, thanks!

[Karen D]

Jessica wrote: "Bookwrm526 - I'm checking to see if this is enough blue, and if it's dark enough, thanks! "

With that title, you'd think that it would be! Unfortunately the color extractor reads it as having a lot of violet, so you only get 47% blue, which is not quite enough. Sorry!

[[deleted user]]

Color check please :)

[Karen D]

Sara2 wrote: "Color check please :)
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That's a complicated one, with all the different shades of blue. I think there's enough really dark blue to have the whole thing average out to dark enough, so you're good!

[[deleted user]]

Karen wrote: "Sara2 wrote: "Color check please :)
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That's a complicated one, with all the different shades of blue. I think there's enough really dark blue to have the whole thing avera..."

Thanks :)

[Adina]

Is this ok? Thanks

[Karen D]

Adina wrote: "Is this ok? Thanks

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Yes, this one is good!

[Christine US]

Will this work?

[Karen D]

Christine US wrote: "Will this work?
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Thats so close, but is only 47% of dark enough blue, so that's not quite enough. Sorry!

[Teodora]

This book works for the first option?

[Karen D]

Teodora wrote: "This book works for the first option?"

Close, but it's over 50% black, so not enough blue. Sorry!

[Morgan]

Crazy! I checked on the site and comes up as mostly a dark green color.

Never would have thought! Good thing I checked. It just amused me enough to share.
(Not a Duke/UNC alum, but I am a graduate of a North Carolina college so I am very familiar with blue battles! haha.)
XD

Fits for option 2 though so funnily enough I can still use it.

[Karen D]

Morgan wrote: "Crazy! I checked on the site and comes up as mostly a dark green color.

Never would have thought! Good thing I checked. It just..."

Yeah, the site isn't perfect at reading colors, it definitely surprises me sometimes at the colors it reads. But glad you can still use the book!

[Gabriella]

Is this blue enough?

[Karen D]

Gabriella wrote: "
Is this blue enough?"

Yes, that's good!

[Melissa]

So, I don't think I understand how to use the use the Color Hex site to determine if a color is "darker" than the Duke Blue.

I was looking at , which appears to be mostly blue. The Tin Eye site gives
#579a99 - 35.2 % - Cadet Blue (Blue)
#196c99 - 34.6 % - Lochmara (Blue)
(the rest is three shades of green and a violet)

But now I can't figure out if those are "darker"? I have the pages for the Hex codes:
Cadet Blue: http://www.color-hex.com/color/579a99
Lochmara: http://www.color-hex.com/color/196c99

Help?

[Karen D]

Melissa wrote: "So, I don't think I understand how to use the use the Color Hex site to determine if a color is "darker" than the Duke Blue.

I was looking at , which appear..."

Sorry, I know it's confusing. (Last time I set a color-based challenge!)

On the top of the screen on the color-hex page, there's a box with the color shown. Immediately to the right is a drop-down arrow. If you click on that, its shows you where on the color spectrum that falls. That's what I meant by "Darker", farther down in the blue spectrum.

Unfortunately both of those colors are lighter than the base color I was looking for, so that book won't work.

Sorry! (But hopefully that makes a bit more sense! And if it's still confusing, don't worry about trying to figure it out yourself, just post here and I'll figure it out!)

[Melissa]

Karen wrote: "Melissa wrote: "So, I don't think I understand how to use the use the Color Hex site to determine if a color is "darker" than the Duke Blue.

I was looking at [bookcover:The Age of Miracles|1285266..."

Ah, there it is! Knew I was missing something. Thanks! :)

And yeah, when the color break down came up, I figured it was too light (weirdly, I have an early hardcover printing and the blue on the dust jacket is much closer to a royal/navy color than the jpeg shows, oh well).

[Karen D]

Melissa wrote: "Karen wrote: "Melissa wrote: "So, I don't think I understand how to use the use the Color Hex site to determine if a color is "darker" than the Duke Blue.

I was looking at [bookcover:The Age of Mi..."

That is really annoying when the hard-copy version of the book looks different than the thumbnail. That's gotten me in trouble a couple times too!

[EShay]

For the blue cover, do these work?



Thanks!

[Karen D]

E wrote: "For the blue cover, do these work?



Thanks!"

Siddharta is good!

The predominate blue in The Light between Oceans is just slightly too pale work.

[Kaity]

For option 1, I'm not sure how to check if the shade is dark enough so would you mind checking for me? And just in case that one doesn't work I have planned which I'm pretty sure is okay.

Tineye... is baffling. The kindle cover for Fool Moon just has an added small white circle and green title font color instead of aqua like the paperback yet tineye gives HUGELY different results. (78.3 % Black Pearl (Blue) for the kindle edition vs. 32.2 % Sea Nymph (Green) / 24.0 % Monte Carlo (Green) for the paperback)


Thank you and sorry for my rambling! :P I'm just so confuzzled and needed to type that out.

[Karen D]

Kait wrote: "For option 1, I'm not sure how to check if the shade is dark enough so would you mind checking for me? And just in case that one doesn't work I h..."

Haha no problem! Both books will work!

(if you uncheck the "Exclude background colors" box at the bottom, the colors end up pretty similar for both versions of the book, and both have plenty of dark blue in them)

[Kaity]

Karen wrote: "Haha no problem! Both books will work!

(if you uncheck the "Exclude background colors" box at the bottom, the colors end up pretty similar for both versions of the book, and b..."

Awesome! Thanks again for checking :)

Ahh I see. Didn't even notice that option but I spent forever on that page trying to 'solve' what was going on :P

[BellaGBear]

Hello :)

For option 1, is this dark blue enough? or this one?

[Karen D]

Bellagbear wrote: "Hello :)

For option 1, is this dark blue enough? or this one? "

The Fifth Elephant works! The other one is coming up as primarily violet.

[BellaGBear]

Karen wrote: "Bellagbear wrote: "Hello :)

For option 1, is this dark blue enough? or this one? "

The ..."

drat for badly photographed books :( But thanks for reviewing :) Two more questions because I have not settled on a book yet for this task: or

[Karen D]

Bellagbear wrote: "Karen wrote: "Bellagbear wrote: "Hello :)

For option 1, is this dark blue enough? or this one? [bookcover:The Fifth Elephant|..."

I know, I hate when that happens!

The Terry Pratchett book is also showing up as violet, but the Jules Verne is good!

[BellaGBear]

Karen wrote: "Bellagbear wrote: "Karen wrote: "Bellagbear wrote: "Hello :)

For option 1, is this dark blue enough? or this one? [bookcover:..."

Awesome. :) The Jules Ferne is a whole series of books with the same colour. they are actually quite famous Dutch editions of the book. :D

[Ms.soule]

Does this work for option 1?



PS - Go Duke!!

[Karen D]

Mrs.soule wrote: "Does this work for option 1?



PS - Go Duke!!"

Looks good to me! It shows up lighter on the spectrum for some reason, but it's clearly dark enough.

[BellaGBear]

And again me.. :P To make sure this does not turn up as purple is this one good?

[Karen D]

Bellagbear wrote: "And again me.. :P To make sure this does not turn up as purple is this one good? "

It shows up as mostly midnight blue, you're good!

[BellaGBear]

Karen wrote: "Bellagbear wrote: "And again me.. :P To make sure this does not turn up as purple is this one good? "

It shows up..."

:)

[Ann A]

Can I get this approved for Option 1?



Thank you!