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A full scale RGB book (brittanyschall.com)

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[–]Flamming_Moe 455 points456 points ago

"Take a look. It's in a book. A Reading Rainboowwww!"

[–]Lundberg94 107 points108 points ago

Oooh

[–]tomius 17 points18 points ago

Dude!!! I said I NEVER wanted to meet LeVar Burton in person! DAMN!!

[–]capgrass 82 points83 points ago

This link is totally worth your time

[–]soullessoctopus 24 points25 points ago

I remember LeVar Burton sounding different than that...

[–]blahblahblasphemy 27 points28 points ago

So is this one.

[–]MessageAnxiety 14 points15 points ago

That is simply magical.

[–]DVDJunky 2 points3 points ago

You may prefer the actual performance: http://youtu.be/eBRYsAfchkY

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    [–]chingyduster 20 points21 points ago

    I caaaaannn go anywhere...

    SUCK MY DICK!!

    That gets me every time.

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      [–]adamshmadam 4 points5 points ago

      I'm literally reading the rainbow right now.

      [–]BigRandal21 6 points7 points ago

      nice man. nice

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        [–]almost-irish 660 points661 points ago

        Incorrect. CMYK.

        [–]ivanmarsh 125 points126 points ago

        You ever work with any of the six color printers? They are insane.

        [–]almost-irish 105 points106 points ago

        Yeah we have a large one at our office, the prints are a-ma-zing.

        [–]ivanmarsh 92 points93 points ago

        It's like watching reality being constructed a line at a time.

        [–]almost-irish 44 points45 points ago

        Definitely. It's almost magical when it prints a really large (like 6 foot wide) image.

        [–]ivanmarsh 20 points21 points ago

        Yep... I ran the print test shop for a laminator manufacturer and got to play with all the cool new 60 inch printers and mediums and then got to test our laminators on them.

        [–]neverfindausername 11 points12 points ago

        Industrial printing R&D =D

        [–]neverfindausername 39 points40 points ago

        I work with 3-5m wide printers. With up to 7 colours.

        I have some impressive prints, to say the least. (Totally blew my first post being excited about my new job too. Dammit, now I have to find some cat pics to post to feel like I belong)

        [–]ivanmarsh 24 points25 points ago

        7 Color? What the hell is the color spread on a 7 color? I didn't even know those existed.

        [–]neverfindausername 37 points38 points ago

        CMYKlclm + White.

        They don't "technically" exist....yet

        [–]abledanger 108 points109 points ago

        Why the secrecy? Are you worried terrorists will discover your technology and print visually stunning propaganda?

        [–]this_man_loves_trees 94 points95 points ago

        Hatred, in all colors of the spectrum

        [–]Uphoria 24 points25 points ago

        the mechanical tech is probably not complete and therefore not patented fully, and letting the design or spirit go to a competitor ruins their edge.

        Corporate RnD can make some government spy work look like a joke.

        [–]neverfindausername 12 points13 points ago

        Yes, and terrorize us with its beauty.

        I already have to wear a helmet to work to keep my mind from being blown.

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          [–]ohmage 3 points4 points ago

          They've existed for years. The white is used as either a replacement for white substrate when printing on clear or colored substrate or as a highlight color for the same applications.

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            [–]DerekC1990 3 points4 points ago

            Many times colors will also be replaced with things like Varnishes.

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              [–]croatmick 6 points7 points ago

              You must have loved dial-up.

              [–]abandonnez 39 points40 points ago

              I seriously just made this to respond to your comment.

              AH-MAZ-ING

              [–]RainDownMyBlues 4 points5 points ago

              What episode is this from? I don't remember the blonde girl.

              [–]abandonnez 9 points10 points ago

              It's from Season 2 Episode 7 - Movie Star

              [–]RainDownMyBlues 2 points3 points ago

              Thank you sir.

              [–]PreFapUrges 3 points4 points ago

              bah, I was going to post this but then I scrolled down and saw you. Bah, posting it anyway

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                [–]froderick 30 points31 points ago

                Damnit, you and those below you are talking about these printers that go beyond CMYK, but no one is providing any goddamn links or references. I don't know shit about printers, I don't know what to Google to find out more. How about someone fucking help me out here?

                [–]OystersAreEvil 25 points26 points ago

                The HP Z3200 has 12 inks (blue, green, magenta, red, yellow, grey, photo black, matte black, light cyan, light grey, light magenta, gloss enhancer). No cyan! There are others, but I know this one off the top of my head because there's one at the company I work for. We're also looking into something that prints white and silver, which is made by Mimaki and/or Roland.

                [–]Mazo 87 points88 points ago

                Printing paused. Light magenta is low.

                On a black and white document.

                [–]jtdc 42 points43 points ago

                Fuck you HP. Fuck you right in the eye

                [–]EltaninAntenna 2 points3 points ago

                This is why it's hard to feel bad for HP.

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                  [–]neverfindausername 12 points13 points ago

                  Companies that deal with industrial inkjet

                  From the equivalent of the Olympics for printing.

                  Edit: Video for reference

                  [–]ivanmarsh 4 points5 points ago

                  The first one I worked with was a 5100...

                  HP Designjet Large Format

                  http://h10088.www1.hp.com/gap/download/Designjet%20brochure_AP.pdf

                  [–]mildiii 5 points6 points ago

                  Ah the trusty 5100. I used to unplug that shit from the network right into my laptop and print whatever the hell I wanted for free.

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                    [–]ophanim 6 points7 points ago

                    It can get upwards of 12. You'll get 3 shades for the normal primary (either extra light, light, and normal or light, normal, and dark), black, pink, and blue. Sometimes it will be cymk + rgb, which are just remixed cym that better mimic rgb.

                    Printing is really awesome if you can get past the shitty chain stores.

                    [–]lurked2long 4 points5 points ago

                    If you can get past the shitty home printers, ink and bloated fucking drivers.

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                        [–]redditor0621 48 points49 points ago

                        Artist's website. It's called an "RGB Colorspace Atlas." It also has a much larger gamut than CMYK alone is capable of producing. Nobody actually thinks you can print using the Red Green Blue additive color process.

                        [–]grimkriz 9 points10 points ago

                        my eyes!!! dat font is like comic sans times two thousand three hundred and fifty six!

                        [–]Speedingturtle 12 points13 points ago

                        I had no idea what you were talking about until those strange symbols turned out to be words.

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                            [–]xyroclast 36 points37 points ago

                            Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, KLACK!!!

                            [–][deleted] 25 points26 points ago

                            Joking aside, before black ink, everything was printed in CMY. Then someone got an idea to add more contrast and punch by adding black. It's called the "key" color in CMYK, hence the letter K.

                            [–]Forensicunit 7 points8 points ago

                            Is that what graphic designers use to make my flyer pop more?

                            [–]GeneralButtNaked2012 1 point2 points ago

                            Couldn't use B 'cause B is for blue so they made up some bullshit story and used K

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                              [–]ZombieAcademy 26 points27 points ago

                              I think RGB means the book is a cubic representation of the 3D RGB colorspace, in which each page is a slice. Not how it was actually printed.

                              [–]chris-colour 1 point2 points ago

                              But even then, as soon as it's printed it exists in subtractive colour space, not additive - it'll always be CMYK unless it's a light-emitting object.

                              [–]pants_means_trousers 3 points4 points ago

                              That's not what he means, the way the colours are arranged on each page in the book represent RGP colourspace.

                              Imagine you have a model of the molecular structure of aluminium from a science lab say, but the model is made out of Iron. You could say the model will always be Iron, but what it represents is Aluminium.

                              [–]ZombieAcademy 3 points4 points ago

                              Physical objects don't exist in any colorspace. "Colorspace" is a mathematical model that is only relevant in the abstract. "RGB" or "CMYK" are meaningful when you are trying to specify a color numerically to a printer or a computer.

                              It's like latitude/longitude coordinates on a map. They can be used to map and sort an abstraction of the Earth, but that's not to say we exist in lat/long space.

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                                [–]p4lm3r 26 points27 points ago

                                This. Even the best Heidelberg 6 color digital presses are encumbered by profiles that are limiting. And actually, therein lies another problem. You cannot print ProPhotoRGB, but at the same time even ProPhoto doesn't hold the gamut of the yellow in a standard SheetfedCoatedCMYK. Hell, we can't even see some of the possible colors in some of the CIE profiles. They are outside of our visual gammut. Don't even get me started on imaginary and impossible colors

                                [–]subarusti43 12 points13 points ago

                                I work for a printing company, the Heidelberg is a great machine! We have a 7 color Komori. Here is a little vid I made awhile back. Kind of a printing/bindery background. It's a poor edit..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PkNiQVeIik&feature=plcp

                                [–]WilWheatonsAbs 1 point2 points ago

                                This made me feel like the machines were singing the song. From there it wasn't hard to imagine them with googly eyes. I think it might be bedtime. Whelp, back to reddit.

                                [–]redditor0621 4 points5 points ago

                                I've been watching a lot of Breaking Bad lately and I thought you said Heisenberg. Maybe I should be watching less than 3 episodes a day.

                                [–]CrayolaS7 5 points6 points ago

                                You just need some meth and then you could watch it in one sitting.

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                                  [–]seafood10 3 points4 points ago

                                  The song makes me want to sell my gold

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                                    [–]Sabin10 2 points3 points ago

                                    You can work in ProPhotoRGB all you want but most of the time you will be dealing with digital printers who are configured with sRGB and GRACoL as their primary colour profiles.

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                                      [–]will_upvote_anything 5 points6 points ago

                                      Incorrect. CMYK is a four dimensions colorspace. This book represents a 3D colorspace, i.e. RGB (or a approximation of it printed with CYMK ink).

                                      [–]WhiteHorsesFlow 0 points1 point ago

                                      Yeh. Literally impossible to print rgb.

                                      [–]ihahp 6 points7 points ago

                                      Why do people keep saying this? While virtually all printers are CMYK, primary colors are largely arbitrary. As the site mentions, they'd done photo development with orange, green, and violet before.

                                      CMYK is used because it has a wider gamut, but RGB could be used in a custom offset print job. Possibly even RGB + Black, or RGB + white on black paper (although then you're printing with paint-like materials rather than ink-like)

                                      [–]SgtFirestarter 5 points6 points ago

                                      When you print something RGB, because you are using ink, it's technically converting it to CMYK. RGB is a color model made from light, which is why the colors won't be like you see on your screen when you print images off a computer.

                                      Also mixing colors is completely different. If you mix the primary colors, you get white in RGB, but you get black by mixing cyan, magenta and yellow because the process of color mixing works completely differently in both. Finally, the RGB color palette is very limited so some colors are completely impossible to make (like indigo and ultramarine).

                                      [–]ihahp 2 points3 points ago

                                      You're not following what I'm saying.

                                      You can actually use red green and blue inks to print an image. When inks overlap they get darker; you don't get white. You could screen print it or offset print it. Similar to the RYB color model (see here) but you'd replace yellow with green.

                                      You just won't have nearly as wide a gamut as CMYK; you probably wouldn't get any yellows. But it's not impossible at all.

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                                        [–]pozap 4 points5 points ago

                                        That's like saying literally impossible to see CMYK, because your eye sees light, and CMYK pigments do nothing but remove light.

                                        You can print red, green, and blue with C M Y K inks.

                                        You can also print them with R B G inks.

                                        CMY just has a far better gamut for printing (ie, it's not ass-backwards). You can print purple with R G B inks, but not yellow.

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                                          [–]DrJorneyBrongus 2 points3 points ago

                                          Yes, my graphic design degree is finally contributing something!

                                          [–]deefees 6 points7 points ago

                                          Of course it is printed with CMYK, but the book represents the RGB model.

                                          [–]mircius 9 points10 points ago

                                          That's what we do buddy, correct people when they mean cmyk.

                                          [–]bluepepper 7 points8 points ago

                                          But they don't mean CMYK. It's obviously not printed in RGB but it represents RGB, with each dimension of the cubic book representing one color component.

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                                            [–]abandonfish 246 points247 points ago

                                            The people demand a gif of the pages flipping. For Science.

                                            [–]codereign 241 points242 points ago

                                            So you want a GIF of a 24 million colour book to be animated in a 256 colour format?

                                            [–]chingchongpanda 164 points165 points ago

                                            Yes.

                                            [–]tonycomputerguy 49 points50 points ago

                                            We demand it.

                                            Nuclear explosion

                                            [–]lucasvb 29 points30 points ago

                                            http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/03/26/gifs-not-256-colors/

                                            In other words, GIF can store 256 colors per block (a sub image, usually treated as a frame). With the proper dispose method set, and a proper renderer, you could have 256 lines each with 256 colors being rendered instantly (delay zero) and have the last line with a delay. This would make a 65536 colors per frame animated GIF.

                                            [–]Andygoesrawr 1 point2 points ago

                                            there are only 16,777,216 RGB colours, and much fewer CMYK

                                            [–]8-orange 3 points4 points ago

                                            GIF isn't a 256 colour format.

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                                              [–]overused-meme-alert 13 points14 points ago

                                              For Science

                                              WHOOPWHOOPWHOOPWHOOP

                                              .

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                                                [–]stakkar 216 points217 points ago

                                                At $40/ea for HP printer cartridges, this book cost approximately $5.29M to create.

                                                [–]weaver2109 48 points49 points ago

                                                Check out ink prices without the cartridges. It's pennies on the dollar compared to cartridges alone.

                                                [–]aroymart 56 points57 points ago

                                                so we just need machines to pour ink into cartridges?!

                                                Genius.

                                                edit: okay so apparently this is actually real. TIL.

                                                [–]iritegood 45 points46 points ago

                                                Just in case you weren't sarcastic (and to inform other Redditors): Continuous ink systems.

                                                [–]Cynical_Lurker 9 points10 points ago

                                                403 forbidden for me.

                                                What is it?

                                                [–]iamnoss 30 points31 points ago

                                                Blocked by HP to stop you buying cheap ink.

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                                                    [–]weaver2109 6 points7 points ago

                                                    All you need is a syringe to squirt the ink. You can get kits on ebay that include everything you need for 5-6 refills for about $20.

                                                    [–]wanderlvst 7 points8 points ago

                                                    friends started a business in college that does this for students:

                                                    www.dormink.com

                                                    [–]ShowerPhilosopher 0 points1 point ago

                                                    I just upvoted you. Cheer up.

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                                                          [–]DrKomeil 72 points73 points ago

                                                          An entire book of fruit roll-ups...

                                                          [–]shanoxilt 14 points15 points ago

                                                          /r/diabetes

                                                          [–]paelf8 21 points22 points ago

                                                          It would be smaller if it were digital.

                                                          [–]nixonrichard 18 points19 points ago

                                                          You could write that whole book in like 3 lines of code.

                                                          [–]DeadFreshman 22 points23 points ago

                                                          HUEHUEHUEHUE

                                                          that's literally it.

                                                          [–]Quinnjdq 3 points4 points ago

                                                          BRight colors.

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                                                            [–]Shadingun4life[S] 103 points104 points ago

                                                            Done as a art piece

                                                            http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/23357/tauba-auerbach-rgb-colorspace-atlas.html

                                                            [–]smartalco 20 points21 points ago

                                                            Holy shit that is cool. I want like a 3x3x3" version for my desk.

                                                            [–]midnom 16 points17 points ago

                                                            They have a couple of these at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. They were on display when I visited this past June: http://i.imgur.com/BgbLB.jpg

                                                            [–]PENDRAGON23 9 points10 points ago

                                                            1 art please.

                                                            [–]my8thchannel 23 points24 points ago

                                                            *an art piece, Mr. Shadingun4life.

                                                            [–]Shadingun4life[S] 0 points1 point ago

                                                            I stand corrected you grammar nazi! :P

                                                            [–]Mozzy 7 points8 points ago

                                                            *[comma] you grammar nazi! :P

                                                            (I don't bother with capitalizing nazi/Nazi because it's not like WWII Nazis. I'm never sure.)

                                                            [–]Shadingun4life[S] 12 points13 points ago

                                                            I can't win.

                                                            [–]Mozzy 1 point2 points ago

                                                            Sorry. I try to avoid doing that because the whole correcting people's grammar thing is usually annoying and silly. The only thing I correct on a regular basis is apostrophes for years.

                                                            Example:

                                                            1990 = '90
1990s = '90s
1990 =/= 90'
1990s =/= 90's

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                                                                    [–]ADHthaGreat 186 points187 points ago

                                                                    Imgur mirror

                                                                    [–]alcaponeben 30 points31 points ago

                                                                    This is probably the most expensive book in the world. So much ink..

                                                                    [–]pU8O5E439Mruz47w 6 points7 points ago

                                                                    I find myself wondering if the paper was simply dyed.

                                                                    [–]chingyduster 3 points4 points ago

                                                                    That'd take longer than simply printing it.

                                                                    [–]pU8O5E439Mruz47w 0 points1 point ago

                                                                    Absolutely, but my past experiences suggest the color quality and the finish of the pages would be drastically improved.

                                                                    Also notice the edges of the paper are not white, which is generally to be expected when the page is printed.

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                                                                      [–]shat_my_plants 57 points58 points ago

                                                                      god, thank you.

                                                                      I was about to throw something.

                                                                      [–]cuddlep00p 97 points98 points ago

                                                                      http://i.imgur.com/9EMY9.png

                                                                      [–]Sickly404 12 points13 points ago

                                                                      How come?

                                                                      [–]PoochDoobie 78 points79 points ago

                                                                      Cause he's a redditor, and he is out of his fucking mind.

                                                                      [–]aspiringvoiceactor 9 points10 points ago

                                                                      I don't usually trust dogs that smoke weed, but for some reason I trust you Pooch Doobie.

                                                                      [–]Wavestrike 6 points7 points ago

                                                                      http://i.imgur.com/RxzCX.jpg

                                                                      [–]Relvnt_to_Yr_Intrsts 2 points3 points ago

                                                                      You should be more trusting, man

                                                                      [–]RedExorcist 2 points3 points ago

                                                                      I don't usually smoke dogs that trust weed, but that guy seem fishy to me.

                                                                      [–]shat_my_plants 9 points10 points ago

                                                                      The original post was taking a very long time to load.

                                                                      And I am out of my fucking mind.

                                                                      [–]The_Doctor_00 3 points4 points ago

                                                                      Hrm, maybe everyone was clicking on it when you were and this was taxing the OP original link, because it loaded as fast as the imgur mirror for me.

                                                                      [–]smartalco 1 point2 points ago

                                                                      Thank you.

                                                                      [–]RemyTaveras 0 points1 point ago

                                                                      You, sir, are a lifesaver.

                                                                      [–]pimpsterbim1 36 points37 points ago

                                                                      Being color blind, I feel like this book could be much smaller.

                                                                      [–]pikachu_chu 15 points16 points ago

                                                                      It's beautiful.

                                                                      [–]Andy_Glass 43 points44 points ago

                                                                      This would be perfect if I also had one of these!

                                                                      [–]lucasvb 12 points13 points ago

                                                                      Inks are a subtractive color space, so it should be a CMYK pen.

                                                                      [–]Mugros 4 points5 points ago

                                                                      Interesting, but won't work well.

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                                                                        [–]mollywop 15 points16 points ago

                                                                        Psh I have MS paint for that

                                                                        [–]TheHolyCob 25 points26 points ago

                                                                        She's a classy lady.

                                                                        [–]digitalnexus 10 points11 points ago

                                                                        MSPA jokes? In my /r/pics?

                                                                        [–]aldude3 1 point2 points ago

                                                                        I think you are the best mspainter in the world.

                                                                        [–]darkangelxX447 3 points4 points ago

                                                                        don't you mean Hussie?

                                                                        [–]Saihna 1 point2 points ago

                                                                        Psst, he didn't make that.

                                                                        [–]skilas 11 points12 points ago

                                                                        It's about time we replace those annoying colour swatches at the paint store.

                                                                        [–]notrimskiy 7 points8 points ago

                                                                        A colleague of mine who recently got his doctorate spent some time working on that problem. One issue is that conventional color swatches are commonly organized to make color mixing easy.

                                                                        And then there are all those other issues where a digital version would be a 3D color space displayed on 2D screen (that needs to be accurately calibrated) and this may be challenging to navigate for a non-expert user.

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                                                                          [–]ACrowLeft06 7 points8 points ago

                                                                          a digital offset print on paper with airbrushed cloth cover and book edges create a colorful reference volume of all the colors in existence.

                                                                          Wow.

                                                                          [–]jukbob12 7 points8 points ago

                                                                          The first think I could think of was "Oh my! Think of all the ink they used! And how long it would take to dry!"

                                                                          [–]tinkatiza 5 points6 points ago

                                                                          6 printers later.

                                                                          [–]Sagerian 5 points6 points ago

                                                                          Where does "scale" come in to it?

                                                                          [–]moonbuggy2012 3 points4 points ago

                                                                          Duh, it means the colours are presented actual size. Want to know exactly what size blue is? You look it up in this book. Most publishers present colours smaller than they actually are for reasons of practicality and cost. This book is obviously aimed at artists and scientists.

                                                                          [–]FluffyToasty 8 points9 points ago

                                                                          There would be %60 less posts if it wasn't for Vsauce.

                                                                          [–]gupsy 4 points5 points ago

                                                                          I want to swim in that book.

                                                                          [–]thatoneguy865 4 points5 points ago

                                                                          how much? This would be delightful to flip through while "eating a sandwich"

                                                                          [–]blolfighter 3 points4 points ago

                                                                          This is of no use to me. Why do I desire it so much?

                                                                          [–]Dysgalty 7 points8 points ago

                                                                          That probably cost more than a car knowing the price of ink.

                                                                          [–]Myrz 3 points4 points ago

                                                                          What is it?

                                                                          [–]SexualArtillery 4 points5 points ago

                                                                          why

                                                                          [–]rebo 7 points8 points ago

                                                                          art

                                                                          [–]Tartz55 2 points3 points ago

                                                                          Literally just got high while looking at it for a second. Also, relevant: http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/085/444/1282786204310.jpg?1318992465

                                                                          [–]witty_account_name 10 points11 points ago

                                                                          http://i.imgur.com/Zt6GV.jpg

                                                                          [–]kamishizuka 7 points8 points ago

                                                                          http://i.imgur.com/PXhny.png

                                                                          For the sake of completeness

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                                                                            [–]endlessnight34 2 points3 points ago

                                                                            Where can i get one of these?

                                                                            [–]Upvote_Responsibly 2 points3 points ago

                                                                            I'd love to see them flip through the pages really quickly

                                                                            [–]Zirenth 2 points3 points ago

                                                                            I was expecting something more colourful.

                                                                            [–]ChronoLaser 2 points3 points ago

                                                                            Vsauce

                                                                            [–]shamanghost 2 points3 points ago

                                                                            Can someone buy a book like this?

                                                                            [–]moonbuggy2012 2 points3 points ago

                                                                            I don't think 'full scale' means what you think it means.

                                                                            [–]lolcatandy 3 points4 points ago

                                                                            I want to smell it.

                                                                            [–]dreadlocktopus 2 points3 points ago

                                                                            Saw this in person at the MoMA in NYC. So cool!

                                                                            [–]notyetusedname 2 points3 points ago

                                                                            i bet it contains fifty shades of gray.

                                                                            [–]Colecoman1982 2 points3 points ago

                                                                            Page 327 is my favorite.

                                                                            [–]oohbabay 2 points3 points ago

                                                                            Why is he/she wearing gloves?

                                                                            [–]JustCallMeBen 2 points3 points ago

                                                                            Since it's printed, it's actually a CMYK book...

                                                                            [–]Xvash2 2 points3 points ago

                                                                            What a lame book, who would buy one that's just full of grey pages?

                                                                            [–]BrittanySchall 3 points4 points ago

                                                                            Holy crap and a half! This is my website! I post stuff to my blog that I find inspiring. Never thought it would show up here.

                                                                            I do photo realistic drawings, mostly of hair.

                                                                            If you're interested, you can see my work here: www.brittanyschall.com

                                                                            I would love to hear /r/pics thoughts!

                                                                            *Edit: added a photo of my work. Still learning how to reddit.... first time and all.

                                                                            [–]Melchoir 2 points3 points ago

                                                                            Anyone seeking more info might also check here:

                                                                            title comnts points age /r/
                                                                            Gradients of RGB colour in a three volume set 2coms 2pts 1dy pics
                                                                            Book of Color 6coms 63pts 6mos pics

                                                                            source: karmadecay

                                                                            The second thread has a 5616x2744 picture from another angle.

                                                                            [–]jtjrr56 2 points3 points ago

                                                                            why?

                                                                            [–]ivanmarsh 2 points3 points ago

                                                                            Uh... no. Being analog a full scale RGB book would by definition be infinite. Zeno's paradox or some other chaos shit.

                                                                            [–]joeyisapest 3 points4 points ago

                                                                            Technically, you are right (and that's the best kind of right)

                                                                            but.. things can be "rounded" for all intents and purposes...

                                                                            An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first orders        
a beer. The second orders half a beer. The third orders a quarter of  
a beer. Before the next one can order,
the bartender says, “You’re all assholes,” and pours two beers.

                                                                            [–]notrimskiy 4 points5 points ago

                                                                            Not necessarily. There are limits to human color discrimination ability.

                                                                            [–]CptOblivion 4 points5 points ago

                                                                            While that is true it was not defined as "RGB colorspace in increments recognizable by humans."

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                                                                                [–]paelf8 2 points3 points ago

                                                                                Forgot...or an audiobook.

                                                                                [–]blakeready710 0 points1 point ago

                                                                                Welp there goes 3 minutes

                                                                                [–]meowskywalker 0 points1 point ago

                                                                                Oh, man. I would enjoy owning that.

                                                                                [–]Attacus 0 points1 point ago

                                                                                Man I would love to have this in my office. What's that? - RGB, Bitch! /Jesse

                                                                                [–]cletusjenkins 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                What's with the gloves?

                                                                                [–]Mozzy 7 points8 points ago

                                                                                Think about it. You just spent the U.S. national debt's worth on printer ink to make an art project. Are you really gonna smudge it up with your oily-ass fingers?

                                                                                (inb4 oily ass-fingers)

                                                                                [–]Ceejae 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                Allegedly they can do stuff like that with computers now.

                                                                                [–]ThunderousWatcher 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                Take a look it's in a book. It's Reading Rainbow!!!!!!

                                                                                [–]jaggedCitrus 0 points1 point ago

                                                                                i shall label this...the acid bible.

                                                                                [–]naMniffuM 0 points1 point ago

                                                                                My grade school computer teacher is rolling in her grave.

                                                                                [–]SlugsOnToast 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                It's like a dictionary for color.

                                                                                [–]uberponky -1 points0 points ago

                                                                                I've heard it's a real page-turner.

                                                                                [–]Kendi15 0 points1 point ago

                                                                                oh god so much color

                                                                                [–]Accipehoc 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                Want. So. Badly.

                                                                                [–]daweis1 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                That'll make one trippy flipbook

                                                                                [–]RezzCondor 0 points1 point ago

                                                                                But why is Mario reading it?

                                                                                [–]el_swag 0 points1 point ago

                                                                                Oh man. And I thought I had an ink spending problem.

                                                                                [–]xyroclast 0 points1 point ago

                                                                                The yellow is a lie!

                                                                                [–]Collision21 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                Wow that's really awesome! But what is it used for?

                                                                                [–]PreFapUrges 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                I want to eat it for some reason

                                                                                [–]holeslaw 0 points1 point ago

                                                                                Finally, a Braille coloring book.

                                                                                [–]LondonTiger 0 points1 point ago

                                                                                glove?

                                                                                [–]winter_90s 0 points1 point ago

                                                                                mind blown

                                                                                [–]alana222 0 points1 point ago

                                                                                What is an RGB?

                                                                                [–]izzismitty 1 point2 points ago

                                                                                Just wondering, why is the handler wearing gloves?

                                                                                [–]jarjarbinksing -1 points0 points ago

                                                                                Where can I get one of these?

                                                                                [–]insidious_sedition 0 points1 point ago

                                                                                .... well thats a wake up call....... before i clicked i red "a full scale RPG book"

                                                                                [–]awannabetroll -1 points0 points ago

                                                                                I don't get what this is trying to be?

                                                                                [–]keithbelfast 0 points1 point ago

                                                                                Spoiler alert, ultra violet did it.

                                                                                [–]imanewbie 0 points1 point ago

                                                                                There's a 12-color printer on page 17 of this thing: http://h10088.www1.hp.com/gap/download/Designjet%20brochure_AP.pdf

                                                                                O_O

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