ETC Ion - Theatre Uwinnipeg

Using the Color Picker
Press the [Displays] button and select the {Color Picker} from the softkeys to display the color
picker in the CIA.
Within the color picker, you will
see columns of buttons to the
right. The first button {Color
Format} is for toggling between
native (RGB, CMY, color scroller,
or color select) and hue and
saturation. The other buttons are
manufacturer catalogs of gels. To
display a specific manufacturer’s
catalog, press the specific
manufacturer or catalog and
select the desired gel. The
{Bright. to Full} button will only
appear if selected channels have
a brightness parameter.
When channels are selected and a specific gel is chosen, the color picker will show a dot which
represents the selected fixture(s). The dot is a visual indication of the color each fixture can
accommodate, closest to the gel selected. This tool is most useful when color matching between
different fixture types to maintain an even field of color. You can click in the picker to go to the hue
and saturation values or you can match a specific gel color from the manufacturers’ list on the right.
Selecting a specific gel will also produce the hue and saturation value.
What is Hue and Saturation?
Hue is the actual color. It is measured in angular degrees around the cone
starting and ending at red = 0 or 360 (so yellow = 60, green = 120, etc.).
Saturation is the purity of the color, measured in percent from the center of
the cone (0) to the surface (100). At 0% saturation, hue is meaningless.
Brightness is measured in percent from black (0) to white (100). At 0%
brightness, both hue and saturation are meaningless.
Gel colors can also be manually entered into the command line. [6] [Color] [1] [/] [1050] [Enter]
assigns Apollo gel number 1050 to channel 6. Each of the manufacturers have been assigned a
number, which can be seen beside their name in the Color Picker display.
When channels are selected, a black line may appear in the color picker. This line indicates what
colors can be mixed by the fixture. If a color lies outside of the line, that color is out of the range of
that device. If no black line is visible, the fixture has not yet been calibrated and the color matching
will be approximated.
The gel picker is normalized to 3200 degrees. Therefore, if you are setting Rosco 80 (R80) on a arc
source device, it will appear to be the same color as R80 on an incandescent source.
Encoders
When both CMY and RGB mixing systems are present in the lighting system, they take priority in
the encoder mapping, followed by fixed wheels, then scrollers. A CMY color mixing fixture may not
be placed in RGB mode, nor can an RGB fixture be placed in CMY mode.
• When the device is a fixed color wheel or a color scroller, you can use the encoder to select
the desired frame. Pressing the {E} expands the display to include a button for each frame
indicated with both a location number (example: “#5”) and a label (example: “Rosco R80”).
The specific colors within the scroller or wheel are specified in patch. See “Creating a new
scroll or wheel” on page 76.
118 Ion Operations Manual