Quote Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome View Post
It was frustratingly difficult to photograph the ancient red and tartan red hose. I'm not sure why, but the tartan red always seemed to appear more orange than they really are, and the ancient red not orange enough.

Here are some images that might give a better idea of the true colors.

Tartan Red:


Ancient Red:
Matt,

Side by side comparisons in the same photo should be able to show the relative temperatures of the different red hose you offer. The problem with photoing each individually is in your camera as its automatic exposure programming wants each photo to have the same overall average exposure (combined center and background), so a brighter color centered in the image will be actively under exposed by the auto-exposure features of your camera relative to a darker color in the same position with similar background. In other words you are likely being outwitted by a machine. The best way to get comparison color images is either put them all in the same photo together or to shoot one color, record the exposure settings/flash settings and repeat those settings for each and every other color, using the same camera and background setup.

jeff