Help me evaluate colours

I've built this site:
http://www.judithblacklock.com
On my customer's monitor all colours look pale and washed out
(she has a brand new mac) and I have put this down to the monitor
no having been calibrated properly.
However, yesterday I added this image:
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/celebrations-holidays/7321477-wedding-reception-ta ble-setting.php?id=7321477
My customer is telling me that the image at iStock looks
great, while the same image (although cropped by me) looks paler on
her website.
Does anyone have any thoughts on this…?
Thanks

They look identical to me, PC - unusual to see the sun in
London (o:
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> I've built this site:
http://www.judithblacklock.com
>
> On my customer's monitor all colours look pale and
washed out (she has a
> brand
> new mac) and I have put this down to the monitor no
having been calibrated
> properly.
>
> However, yesterday I added this image:
>
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/celebrations-holidays/7321477-wedding-re
> ception-table-setting.php?id=7321477
>
> My customer is telling me that the image at iStock looks
great, while the
> same
> image (although cropped by me) looks paler on her
website.
>
> Does anyone have any thoughts on this??
>
> Thanks
>

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As the percentages will be listed in columns labeled "Meter x higher", the R/r division is the appropriate one.
This is comparison is complicated by the fact that meter 1 will sometimes return the higher of the two readings, and at other times meter 2 will be higher. Thus it's not a simple matter of asking the spreadsheet to divide the result of meter 1 by the result of meter 2 each and every time or vice versa.
Next on the agenda I want the spreadsheet to put the result obtained by the above calculation in one or the other of two additional columns of cells. In other words the spreadsheet will compare the value of meter 1 to meter 2, divide the smaller value by the larger value to determine percentage, and finally place the result obtained in one of two additional columns of cells. One of these additional columns of cells would be labeled Meter 1 Higher and the other would be labeled Meter 2 higher.
All of the formulas given previously will make a comparison.
Niel's and Barry's report the percentage by which the higher reading is higher than the lower.
Brie's and Terry's report the percentage by which the lower reading is lower than the higher.
All put the results into the same cell (column) without regard to which reading is highest. (Barry's set includes labels to identify the higher meter.)
Here's mine again, with revisions to place the results into separate columns:
Labels in Row 2: C2: Meter A, D2: Meter B, E2: A Higher, F2: B Higher
Tests results in Row 3, Meter A in C3, Meter B in D3
Comparison results in E3 and F3
E3: =IF(C3<D3,"",C3/D3-1) Set the Number Format of this cell to percent.
F3: =IF(D3<C3,"",D3/C3-1) "
Note: the IF() statement suppresses the result in the column reporting "is higher" results for the meter with the ;ower reading. Written as above, the formulas will report in both columns where both meters show identical readings.
Note2: As written, the formulas will return a #DIV/0! error if no results have been entered on that line. The version below suppresses any results until readings have been entered in column D.
E3: =IF(D3,IF(C3<D3,"",C3/D3-1),"") Set the Number Format of this cell to percent.
F3: =IF(D3,IF(D3<C3,"",D3/C3-1),"") "
Roughly 1,000 tests will be performed over a several month timespan and all the meter readings referred to above will each be compared by the spreadsheet.
The default size of an AppleWorks spreadsheet is 40 columns by 500 rows. Go Format > Document... to increase the number of rows to 1050 to allow room for 'roughly 1000 tests.'
For 1000 tests, fill the formulas above down through rows 3..1002 (aasumed in examples below).
Next I want the spreadsheet to examine all the cells in which meter 1 returned the higher result and perform the following calculations:
lowest percentage over meter 2 obtained
highest percentage " "
The second is easy: =MAX(E3..E1002)
Place the formula where you want this result reported.
The first runs into a problem: empty cells, or those with non numeric data are evaluated numerically as "0" by the MIN() function. There is a workaround.
Use an empty column to the right of the active part of the spreadsheet. (I've arbitrarily chosen column M)
M3: =IF(E3>0,E3,1000)
Fill down M3..M1002
This copies all greater than zero values into column M, and inserts a value of 1000 wherever the value in column E is 0.
The minimum value in this column (which is also the non-zero minimum of column E) is given by:
=MIN(M3..M1002)
Place the formula where you want this result reported.
number of identical readings obtained
I'm assuming you mean 'identical differences' in terms of percent higher.
There are a couple of difficulties here:
1. AppleWorks does not include a MODE() function which would extract the number appearing with the greatest frequency.
2. What constitutes "identical" depends on the (mathematical) precision of the results. AppleWorks can display results to 11 significant places (eg. 12.345678901), and actually does the calculations to a few more places than that. Given that precision, many results that are not significantly different willl not be identified as "identical."
Probably doable, but more detail needed before jumping in.
average percentage " "
average deviation
Not sure what you're asking with these. Can you elaborate?
Regards
Barry

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