About the green HUD reflections

[Michael-Fr]

Hello,

I'm not sure I understand how the green reflections visible near the HUD work (in certain conditions, relative to the sun, for example).
When using the HUD's night filter (on a beautiful sunny afternoon), I thought the surrounding reflections would also turn red.

So, these reflections come from the reflection of the canopy, if I refer to a previous post on this subject, but why are they green?
Finally, I would have preferred these reflections to adapt to the color used on the HUD, green or red depending.

Thank you in advance for your clarification on this matter.
Sincerely,
Michael

[wwWolfcom]

 

front windscreen itself is tinted to green

[Michael-Fr]

It's good to be surrounded by people who know,

thank you

[RustBelt]

6 hours ago, wwWolfcom said:

 

front windscreen itself is tinted to green

That one pane of glass is the single most demanding deal with model builders everywhere. EVERYONE has their own idea of how to get it right. 
 

Ask any 4 tomcat modelers the best way to do it, you’ll get 6 answers all conflicting.

[RustBelt]

7 minutes ago, RustBelt said:

That one pane of glass is the single most demanding deal with model builders everywhere. EVERYONE has their own idea of how to get it right. 
 

Ask any 4 tomcat modelers the best way to do it, you’ll get 6 answers all conflicting.

Also it’s not “tinted” so much as a surface in the laminations of the glass is a selective reflector of the wavelength of light the HUD CRT emits. So it cuts that green looking through it. And reflects that green hitting it from any white light source. 
 

At night it’s dim enough that red light reflects off the normal glass good enough. So bonus you get a red hud at night. 

Edited August 25 by RustBelt

[Michael-Fr]

I will take a closer look at this, have a nice day

[Nealius]

On 8/26/2025 at 2:59 AM, RustBelt said:

That one pane of glass is the single most demanding deal with model builders everywhere. EVERYONE has their own idea of how to get it right. 

I can imagine. Everyone says "green" but to my eyes it's clearly a dark shade of cyan blue.

[PhantomHans]

On 8/25/2025 at 12:59 PM, RustBelt said:

That one pane of glass is the single most demanding deal with model builders everywhere. EVERYONE has their own idea of how to get it right. 
 

Ask any 4 tomcat modelers the best way to do it, you’ll get 6 answers all conflicting.

I built my F-14A in 1/72 scale, so, uhmmmm...
I did nothing and left it clear.

[RustBelt]

On 9/6/2025 at 10:01 PM, Nealius said:

I can imagine. Everyone says "green" but to my eyes it's clearly a dark shade of cyan blue.

Partially because it’s reflecting the sky in those colors too. It’s one of those challenging light effect painting madness things.

[Temetre]

Am 7.9.2025 um 04:01 schrieb Nealius:

I can imagine. Everyone says "green" but to my eyes it's clearly a dark shade of cyan blue.

I do sometimes have talks with people about where green ends and blue starts. I have no problems with color visions, but at times my brain interpretes those colors differently than many others  

With reflections and different lighting conditions it only gets more complex. Our brains always try to estimate what a color would look like under 'normal' light conditions before determining what color it actually is. Its messy and can border on religion. So no wonder people struggle with stuff like modelling how light works in model planes.

For those who know:
 

Spoiler

 

 

 

Edited 9 hours ago by Temetre