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Offline Chadwick

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Grey ( or Gray )
« on: July 15, 2011, 02:36:57 AM »
Nah, that's BS.
( everyone know it's grey, haha. )

Seriously though,

Do you prefer a grey base or a grey top color?
( depends, right? )

Hmm.

If you had to pick only one, which one?

Discussion folks, no slackin'.
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Offline tonypep

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Re: Grey ( or Gray )
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2011, 07:36:41 AM »
Here's the skinny on the spelling......"Grey" is UK  "Gray" is US
Now for some Earl Grey Tea

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Re: Grey ( or Gray )
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2011, 12:57:42 PM »
Grehy.
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Offline Chadwick

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Re: Grey ( or Gray )
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2011, 08:07:58 PM »
And up here in Canada, we can't make up our mind.

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Re: Grey ( or Gray )
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2011, 10:24:48 PM »
tony..thanks, after all these years i have been embarrassed to ask whats right.  now i know
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Re: Grey ( or Gray )
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2011, 11:15:25 PM »
Me too.

And my wife's maiden name is Grey.  Or was it Gray?   :-\
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Re: Grey ( or Gray )
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2011, 10:55:46 AM »
This has got to be one of the most philosophical debates in the brief history of TSB.  :o   for the record I now spell it gray and pronounce it grey but for years (before I became enlightened) I spelled it grey and pronounced it gray.

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Re: Grey ( or Gray )
« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2011, 11:04:33 AM »
I have always avoided taking a stand on this fuzzy issue as I feel that it is a bit of a greigh area.

But I did see a clever explanation:
"Gray" is a color, while "grey" is a colour.
That rug really tied the room together, did it not?

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Re: Grey ( or Gray )
« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2011, 12:43:37 PM »
Here's the skinny on the spelling......"Grey" is UK  "Gray" is US
Now for some Earl Grey Tea

That.. I did NOT know.. That's my lesson for the day, now I can relax and watch some racing.

Someone needs to get this memo to Rutland.. The M2 software has some Cool Gray's with an A and some with an E.

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Re: Grey ( or Gray )
« Reply #9 on: July 18, 2011, 08:17:57 AM »
I use both...because I can.

I sometimes to a gray underbase, sometimes white.  I haven't really run into a job where one works better than the other.  It is a good way of getting rid of some old gray ink though.

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Re: Grey ( or Gray )
« Reply #10 on: July 18, 2011, 10:06:09 AM »
I had to reply and say I love using a gray base. It expands the quality of my image. I get to beef up my colors off of a dark garment and at the same time, ( not use as much black halftones for a gray). Then, the top whites remain bright whites. Everybody wins.

As far as how it's spelt, that would be gray. Its a known fact in Bulgaria.
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Re: Grey ( or Gray )
« Reply #11 on: July 18, 2011, 03:28:12 PM »
I use both; whatever comes out at that particular moment that I'm writing. In fact, I probably use both on the same page...

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Offline Chadwick

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Re: Grey ( or Gray )
« Reply #12 on: July 22, 2011, 11:31:50 PM »
A grey ( or gray ) base can be flashed, thus, when one prints a white overtop ( aside from on red poly ) one gets a single hit of white with a gre(a)y tones included.
But,
Whereas, a grey or gray top colour, or color, printed wet gives one a nice blend admist the colors, but one must ( well, no always, but perfect world )
have a white base and a HL, or p/f/p base, which isn't exactly ideal in fine tone situations.

Hence the conundrum grows ever deeper.
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