Practical Color Measurement: A Primer for the Beginner, A Reminder for the Expert

by Anni Berger-Schunn

Overview

"How large are the differences between the two samples to bematched?" "Can I use the measurement technique to help reproducethe color of a sample?" These two questions can be critical to thesuccessful completion of a sale or the budgeting of a product, run,but they are not always easily answered. Some color measurementsoftware systems give the appearance of greater accuracy than theycan actually deliver. Practical Color Measurement tells youeverything you need to know about the principles and limitations ofcomputerized color measuring systems. Mathematics and opticaltheory are kept to a minimum, replaced by numerous real-lifeexamples based on normal production samples, detailed tables, andthe practical knowledge gained by Anni Berger-Schunn through manyyears of professional experience and research. You will learn howto:
* Apply critical analysis to the numbers supplied by colormeasurement systems
* Determine just how large the difference between two samples isUse the measuring technique to help reproduce the color of a sampleAnd more

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471004172
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	05/17/1994
Series:	Pure and Applied Optics Series
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.28(w) x 9.55(h) x 0.66(d)

About the Author

Dr.Ing. ANNI BERGER-SCHUNN is former Chief of Quality Control of the dyes and pigments division of Bayer AG in Leverkusen, Germany. She is a member of the Deutsche farbwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, the Gesellschaft furangewandte Optik and the Inter-Society Color Council. Her publication in the Bayer Farben Revue, "Color Measurement in the Textile Industry" (with Dr. Andreas Brockes and Dr. Dietrich Strocka), is probably the most widely read text of its class in the world.

Table of Contents

Description of Perceived Colors with the Aid of Numbers.

Calculation of Color Difference.

Metamerism.

Color Measurement Systems;
Measurement of Fluorescent Samples and Whiteness.

Correlation Between Reflectance (Transmittance) and ColorantConcentration, Examination of Colorant Strength, and Computer ColorMatching.

Influence of the Sample on the Accuracy of ColorMeasurements.

Appendix.

Bibliography.

Editorial Reviews

The chief quality-control officer for dyes and pigments at the Bayer corporation explains the principles and limitations of computerized color measuring systems, keeping the mathematics and optical theory to a minimum and focusing instead on examples of normal production, detailed tables, and insight from her own experience. Among the topics are the critical analysis of the numbers the computer spits out, determining the size of the difference between two samples, and reproducing the color of a sample. Of interest to people in industries that either make or use colors. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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