Hi volks, This also carries through into the prepress industry. (Which funds my VW habit ) . Magenta ink is far and away more expensive to buy than Cyan, Yellow, or Black. Most commercial printers (In the very busy Southern Ontario market, at least) tend to run with a #1 grade of C, Y & K (Black), but use a #2 grade of Magenta to reduce costs. I expect that the grade of pigment in barn paint is not quite as complex to manufacture. The viewing distance being a couple orders of magnitudes larger might be a contributing factor here...
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On 28-Jan-07, at 12:53 PM, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: > In a message dated 1/28/07 11:17:28 AM Eastern Standard Time, > helmut.blong@GMAIL.COM writes: > > >>> red is always the most expensive color... something about the >>> pigments >> in >>> the paint, cost more to make than any other color. >> >> >> >> That is curious because historically, red (iron oxide) was the least >> expensive a fact that explains the ubiquity of red barns across this >> country. >> >> I suppose that the reds used now are nothing at all to do with >> iron oxide >> thus their expense. >> >> >> >> >> > > its true.. call your local auto paint store.. > > chris |
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