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<p>[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 1867621, member: 15199"]There are several "tales" of proper sequences, but from the scientific level the one in the chart below url appears to be the best discussion on it. It depends on the thickness of layers of toning material to produce the colors by thin film interference ( like oil skim on the surface of water). Also you might follow the various other threads at the beginning of this one. The colors were determined by the mathematical angles for differing # of layers. This recognizes that the colors are interference and not spectral such as the colors your fellows mentioned which are the order of colors in the rainbow, or transmitted. </p><p><br /></p><p>Jim</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&threadid=716279&highlight_key=y&keyword1=color&keyword2=chart" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&threadid=716279&highlight_key=y&keyword1=color&keyword2=chart" rel="nofollow">http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&threadid=716279&highlight_key=y&keyword1=color&keyword2=chart</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 1867621, member: 15199"]There are several "tales" of proper sequences, but from the scientific level the one in the chart below url appears to be the best discussion on it. It depends on the thickness of layers of toning material to produce the colors by thin film interference ( like oil skim on the surface of water). Also you might follow the various other threads at the beginning of this one. The colors were determined by the mathematical angles for differing # of layers. This recognizes that the colors are interference and not spectral such as the colors your fellows mentioned which are the order of colors in the rainbow, or transmitted. Jim [url]http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&threadid=716279&highlight_key=y&keyword1=color&keyword2=chart[/url][/QUOTE]
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