STEROPES // random numbers drawn from the sky

configuration
tube
medium
phosphor

The phosphor the tube is coated with. white is no coating at all.

contrast

How far every mark sits from the ground it is drawn on. One factor for all of them, so the hierarchy the palette was drawn with survives it.

screen
scanlines
refresh sweep
phosphor drift

A tube does not emit evenly. Two very soft blooms wander the glass on periods that do not divide into each other, so the brightness across the page is never flat and never quite repeats.