On Mon, 5 May 2008, Bui Khanh Huy wrote:

I have a problem with color consistency on Chimera. The surface color of my model from my Windows server is different than that from my linux server. Even when I connect from home to the linux server, the color render is also different from those two above. I use the same session for all of them but the color comes out quite different on different machines. Is there anyway to avoid this inconsistency?

Regards,

Huy

In general, the colors you observe on the screen will be different on different computers. If you want them to be the the same, you need to use the the same monitor in the same ambient light conditions. Even two different monitors of the same model give different results. To improve the color consistency of your monitors, you need to calibrate them using a colorimeter. See the wikipedia articles on color mananagement[1] and color calibration[2] for more information. Using a color management system and color profiles helps match colors when you print too. Good luck, Greg Couch UCSF COmputer Graphics Lab [1] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_management> [2] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_calibration>