<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">None of this is a judgment or a comparison of brands, just a list of manufacturing decisions that result in why many movers use CMY instead of RGB. I will unpack a few<div><br></div><div>First is muscle memory- they’ve always been that way, so keep it because it’s what people are familiar with.</div><div>Not the best reason to be sure</div><div><br></div><div>Second is size and weight- To use LED requires emitters for each color as opposed to colored flags, so depending on the fixture, you are looking at something that may be larger or heavier than what people are used to. </div><div><br></div><div>Third is functionality- This is the biggie. For wash fixtures or fixtures with a limited feature set outside of color, LED works great because, aside from color, you don’t have a lot of other factors to consider, other than potentially beam size or diffusion. But for a spot fixture, things start to get complicated.</div><div><br></div><div>Once you want a spot and you want patterns or other effects, you need to add a lensing system. With single-color or single-source emitters, your reflector and lensing are one thing, and it does not have to be super complicated. With a large LED array its different. Ever pull the lens tube off of an LED ellipsoidal? That’s what you need to deal with consolidating into a single unified color before you hit your other effects. So in a mover, and especially a bright mover, you are talking a lot of compartmentalized hardware. </div><div>Unless you want something the size of a small car, you are dealing with limited space and mechanics. </div><div><br></div><div>So if you choose a source that is white to resolve the aforementioned things, you need to handle color differently, and flags do that. </div><div><br></div><div>Small assemblies, easily mixable with other effects, and a high degree of color options and flexibility. But to attain that, you are using Cyan, Magenta, and Amber flags. You don’t have to. </div><div><br></div><div>You could 100% use Red, Green, and Blue flags (some lower-end fixtures do that). But you aren't going to get the same fidelity or color options from RGB flags that you get from CMY. So if you want bright, good color, and an effect package, you are probably gonna be dealing with CMY to make it happen. I say probably, because technology is changing fast and LED’s are getting better. </div><div><br></div><div>I think everyone would love an 8-color LED mover with a full kit, that two people could lift, and doesnt need a full universe to control. I have no doubt someone will make one once the science catches up. </div><div><br></div><div>Hope this makes sense. </div><div>__________________________</div><div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div>David Fox He/Him/His</div><div>No One of Consequence</div><div>Davidnfox@mac.com</div></div></div>
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