[DCRB-L] Colored illustrations

[Deborah J. Leslie]

Hmmm ... I wouldn't have called it colored. This is clearly something we have to figure out and make it clear in our own rules. Actually, since this is not a rare book issue, perhaps the JSC or LC needs to figure out what it means and let us know.  --DJL
 
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From: Jane Gillis [mailto:jane.gillis at yale.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 4:09 PM
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Subject: Re: [DCRB-L] Colored illustrations



I just had an illustration printed in one color (green) on  bright yellow paper.  I took it around to catalogers and various library assistants.  *Everyone* said this was "Colored".  With the logo, if all you had was the RBMS--just red on white background--would that not be colored.

 "Not Colored", to me, is something that is black, white and/or grayscale.   "Colored" has at least one color, other than black, white or grayscale.  (I don't know about sepia)

Jane Gillis

At 11:04 AM 4/29/2003 Tuesday-0400, Deborah J. Leslie wrote:



I read John's proposal with appropriate amounts of amusement and seriousness. However, I do think we need  a definition of "colored," because otherwise illustrations printed in one color on a tinted paper would be described by some as colored, which I don't think we want. 

What if we were to specify that a colored illustration is one that is printed in at least two different colors of ink? It's easy to understand, and I believe that is the original intent of the clumsy wording. And the RBMS logo would qualify as colored.

This does not consider the case of hand-coloring, however, and I have some issues with WG3 recommendations regarding that, which I will post in due time.

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