RGB Value For Realistic Water

[Vern]

For my current route project I really want to change the water colour from the somewhat aquatic default blue to a more realistic grey-green, as seen on inland lakes and rivers etc. Random twiddling of the RGB dials has not been all that successful, so wondered if anyone has found a magic combination of numbers to achieve this.

The closest I've come is R57, G88, B121 but still a tad on the blue side.

Thanks in anticipation.

 

[BobCass]

Hi Vern: This is something you will always be confronted with..I go back and reajust the colors all the time. You know even electric surge will make a difference in the colors..But your right it would be neat if you had one setting for each tone, just punch a button..


Bob Cass

 

[llebrez]

The problem is that Trainz does not change the colors by areas or sections. You color the water here ( a river) and the Ocean also get's the same color. It also goes for the sky. Heck, I would like to have cloudy skies at the mountain and blue sky at the beach. But no.. Can't do.

 

[StorkNest]

How do you set the RGB values, I only know of the dials.

 

[wreeder]

Vern,

Here is a website that might help.

http://instant-eyedropper.com/html_color_code/

William

 

[gfisher]

Man oh man, somebody had a lot of time on their hands! Thanks wreeder, that could be useful.

 

[j_maybury]

I find that colouring the ground under the water help's a lot, sand for the shoreline, blue for deep sea, dark brown or black for rivers and dark green to depicts weeds.
It gives it a kind of 3D effect.

 

[Vern]

Actually quite right, there's no numeric values for RGB on the dials (an item for Suggestion Boxcar perhaps?). However after a bit of twiddling to get the dials relative to each other where the numeric values would suggest, I have got a better grey top appearance.

I normally use the Creek texture to paint river and lake beds, unless I'm looking foe a more gravelly or pebbly appearance.