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Joris wrote:
> So it seems we have at least two people agree on the fact that greyscale
> is R=G=B, assuming RGB is sRGB, is the common practice, though it seems
> to violate a small remark in the spec, and that people would generally
> speaking do well to follow this common practice.
> 
> So, that's option 1) in my original post...

Joris,

I concur from a "common usage" point of view.  I must admit that this
color theory stuff about gamma values and so forth is all greek to me.

Best regards,
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