Grauschattierungen

English translation: shades of gray/grey

17:42 Aug 3, 2017
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts) / Author Guidelines for Article
German term or phrase: Grauschattierungen
Bei Diagrammen für den Schwarz-Weiß-Druck müssen die Diagrammfelder durch verschiedene Grauschattierungen der Felder unterscheidbar sein.

This keeps coming as shades of gray (so you can imagine what kind of google results I am getting!), but I am not sure how to use that in this sentence or if that is even the correct imagery term. Any ideas?
Kaportnoy
Local time: 09:44
English translation:shades of gray/grey
Explanation:
The books are named after this phrase. In a morally black-and-white world, there are "shades of grey."
In a grayscale (black-and-white), there are only tints and shades of the intermediate "color" (gray is technically not a color). The variations can be tints or shades. More common/idiomatic is "shades of gray."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grayscale
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tints_and_shades

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Note added at 1 hr (2017-08-03 18:52:56 GMT)
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"Shades" is probably preferred, because in the good old days, one started with a white sheet of paper and applied different intensities of charcoal or graphite using a pencil to create the lightness/darkness effects.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2017-08-03 21:39:20 GMT)
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I was an Art student, by the way. To me, it doesn't make sense to talk about "tones" in grayscale.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2017-08-03 21:51:04 GMT)
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Also, there are words for "tone," that is, "Farbton" or "Tönung."

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Note added at 23 hrs (2017-08-04 17:37:37 GMT)
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You're welcome, Kaportnoy! I'm not insisting on the Kudoz, only that this term is expected. "It is also helpful to use colors of varying intensity so that they are distinguishable as different shades of gray when viewed by the colorblind." http://www.jaci-inpractice.org/content/authorinfo Regards!

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Note added at 23 hrs (2017-08-04 17:39:24 GMT)
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"Graphs are black and white. Different shades of grey must be clearly separated and distinguishable in print." http://ojs.aas.bf.uni-lj.si/index.php/AAS/about/submissions
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Herbmione Granger
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Local time: 14:44
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4shades of gray/grey
Herbmione Granger
3 +3grey tones
Edith Kelly


Discussion entries: 5





  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
grey tones


Explanation:
Nitsche
Polygraph Dictionary for the Graphic Arts and Communications Technology

and also
Number of grey tones possible with Platinum prints | The Art of ...
https://artofplatinum.wordpress.com/.../number-of-grey-tones...

08.03.2012 - Recently I heard one expert state that platinum prints have twice as many grey tones than silver prints. I like doing comparisons in the darkroom ...

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Note added at 7 mins (2017-08-03 17:49:09 GMT)
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The same dic also provides "grey tints", and also many google hits. Take your pick.

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Note added at 44 mins (2017-08-03 18:26:33 GMT)
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Well, there is nothing wrong with shades of grey. Just wanted to give alternatives.
It's like a Porsche, I do not need to spell out what I think....

Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 14:44
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Notes to answerer
Asker: Haha I wasn't going to not use it because of that - I just didn't know if it was the correct term! :)

Asker: Thank you both! Those sound good Edith.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Shades is fine too. Just because it's in the title of a porn novel doesn't mean you can't use it :-)
20 mins
  -> sure .... dirty minds though I never read the book

agree  Eleanore Strauss: Actually, in professional usage tones is preferable. Shades is for the rest of the world.
2 hrs

agree  David Hollywood: ok too, this is a 50/50
7 hrs
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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
shades of gray/grey


Explanation:
The books are named after this phrase. In a morally black-and-white world, there are "shades of grey."
In a grayscale (black-and-white), there are only tints and shades of the intermediate "color" (gray is technically not a color). The variations can be tints or shades. More common/idiomatic is "shades of gray."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grayscale
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tints_and_shades

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Note added at 1 hr (2017-08-03 18:52:56 GMT)
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"Shades" is probably preferred, because in the good old days, one started with a white sheet of paper and applied different intensities of charcoal or graphite using a pencil to create the lightness/darkness effects.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2017-08-03 21:39:20 GMT)
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I was an Art student, by the way. To me, it doesn't make sense to talk about "tones" in grayscale.

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Note added at 4 hrs (2017-08-03 21:51:04 GMT)
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Also, there are words for "tone," that is, "Farbton" or "Tönung."

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Note added at 23 hrs (2017-08-04 17:37:37 GMT)
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You're welcome, Kaportnoy! I'm not insisting on the Kudoz, only that this term is expected. "It is also helpful to use colors of varying intensity so that they are distinguishable as different shades of gray when viewed by the colorblind." http://www.jaci-inpractice.org/content/authorinfo Regards!

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Note added at 23 hrs (2017-08-04 17:39:24 GMT)
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"Graphs are black and white. Different shades of grey must be clearly separated and distinguishable in print." http://ojs.aas.bf.uni-lj.si/index.php/AAS/about/submissions

Herbmione Granger
Germany
Local time: 14:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Axel Dittmer
4 hrs
  -> Thank you

agree  Ines R.: shades of grey
5 hrs
  -> Thank you

agree  David Hollywood: shades of grey/gray in US
6 hrs
  -> Thank you

neutral  Edith Kelly: before you posted your answer, I already wrote that shades of grey is also fine, look at my last note.
11 hrs
  -> Hi Edith, I didn't see your last note while posting this answer. My Answer is stating that tints/shades need to be distinguishable in the fields of the diagram. It is my educated opinion that tones are irrelevant.

neutral  philgoddard: If Edith beat you to it, it would be courtesy to withdraw your answer and agree with hers.
19 hrs
  -> Hi Phil, I think the distinction is important here. Thanks for the advice, though.

agree  gangels (X): shades is better than tones or tints in this case
1 day 1 hr
  -> Thank you greatly!
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