Garage Lighting (this, too, could go on for ever...)

["X" <mygoose@domain.elided>]

For those of you who think "fluorescent shows up the flaws and details, and
sunlight does not", you might be interested in my experience.  I was trying to
match the paint in repainting my newest Honda motorcycle that I had recently
crashed.  I took a panel to an automotive paint dealer for their "computer
matching", requesting Imron paint.  Man phoned after a few days and said "We
can't match it in Imron, it is a PEARL paint."  I rushed to the garage,
switched on about 5000 watts of fluorescent, and examined the paint closely.
No pearl!

I called him back, and he said, "Look at it outside in the sunlight, or with a
bright INCANDESCENT light (a flashlight was adequate).  Result:  I could then
see the fine pearl flakes in the paint.  THEY WERE NOT VISIBLE UNDER
FLUORESCENT LIGHT.   On the other hand, after repainting the bike I can detect
different shades of red under the fluorescent that I cannot detect out in the
sun (sort of like the effect under mercury vapor street lighting).

Maybe your garage needs a combination of fluorescent and incandescent
lighting.  Certainly the color rendition would be more accurate.

Mr. Goose
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