The threat of the two typhoons have passed and our area got away unscathed. Unfortunately others got it real bad. My prayers go out to them.

I've always had a chip color that was my scanning nemesis.
I bought two bright fluorescent orange chips, a $2.50 Excalibur chip in 2005 and a $20 Bellagio Poker chip in 2008. I have spent way too much time trying to document this particular color; I could never scan the correct color of these chips.

Finally, after countless scanner adjustment settings, I got a close to true color.

Initially I tried scanning both chips with my old (2001) Microtek ScanMaker 4800 (a CCD type scanner).
I tried taking photographs of both chips using my digital camera.
I scanned both chips with my new (2011) Epson (CCD type scanner). I could never get close to the actual color until the above attempt.

I've combined all of my previous attempts to show the color differences.
The below picture shows the Microtek ScanMaker 4800, a Digital Camera photo, Epson-Standard Settings and Epson-Custom Settings.
The Epson-Custom Settings on the bottom right shows as close to true color of these chips.

Although I got a close to actual color scan, this bright fluorescent orange is still my nemesis. Usually I write down the steps I take so I won't forget how I got to a certain stage when scanning. Well, I took too many steps and forgot how I got there. One day I will try and retrace my steps so I can scan bright fluorescent orange colors again.

One thing I have noticed about the colors of my monitor. If I look at my monitor from the top looking down the color changes as I sit down.