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triadruid ([personal profile] triadruid) wrote2008-10-13 04:14 pm
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VURD to the third power...

I would like to graph several pairs of RGB triplets (#FFBB99,#000020 for example), but cannot figure out how to do it properly without folding space and time in unfortunate ways.

Any ideas that don't involve six dimensions?
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[identity profile] featherynscale.livejournal.com 2008-10-13 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Why six dimensions instead of three?

Also, why are you doing this at all?

[identity profile] rfunk.livejournal.com 2008-10-13 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Why not treat each triplet as a single number? Then you're down to two dimensions, and you just have to scale them down a lot.

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[identity profile] popefelix.livejournal.com 2008-10-13 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, those are just integers, so why not graph them that way? Maybe on a logarithmic scale so that you don't have vast amounts of empty space in between your points.

[identity profile] auraseer.livejournal.com 2008-10-13 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
You could graph each pair as a line segment. If they're ordered pairs, graph them as vectors (with the arrow on one end) or just give them different-colored endpoints.

More generally, a set of points can be represented as a connected shape. Three points can be drawn as a triangle, four as a quadrilateral, etc. For flat triangles or complete solids, shading or coloring the interior makes them easier to distinguish from each other.

Why are you trying to graph RGB triplets instead of just drawing the colors?

[identity profile] geekatlarge.livejournal.com 2008-10-14 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
What did you intend to graph these in? Also, I'd like to see the full set of points if possible.
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