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Hello Jasen - 

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CA>> I realize that the decision to apply 'temperature' to
CA>> color was not made here at FIDO but reasonable people can
CA>> grasp the fact that there is no 'temperature' that would
CA>> apply to color in any meaningful way. 

JB> Ever hear of "black body radiation" ? 

JB> What about red-hot, orange-hot, white-hot etc? Working in a
JB> metal trade I expect you've had experice with that... 

Yes, patternmaking is as close to 'blacksmith' as you can get.
It is a foundryman's trade.

JB> look up Black Body radiation in an encycliopaedia or a
JB> physics textbook. that is exactly how colour temperatures
JB> are determined... 

I doubt any of the people who have used the expression "black
body" have any concept of what it actually is. 

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