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    October 20, 2022

    Maturity of Color Definition

     

     

    SUBJECTIVE
    personal-based judgment

    SCIENTIFIC
    metrical-based judgment

     

    VISUAL ASSESSMENT • COMPARATIVE COLOR MEASUREMENT • ADVANCED COLOR MEASUREMENT

    VISUAL

    BASIC INSTRUMENTAL

    COLORIMETRIC AIM

    SPECTRAL AIM

    SPECTRAL AIM +

    Personal perception-based comparison to a physical standard

    Instrument-based comparison to a physical standard

    Instrument-based comparison to colorimetric standard

    Instrument-based comparison to spectral standard

    Instrument-based comparison to advanced spectral standard (CxF/X-4)

     

    PROS:

    • no knowledge required

    CONS:

    • expensive and time-consuming personal supervision
    • dependent on the person
    • lighting conditions related
    • uncontrolled metamerism
    • no repeatability
    • initial swatch-book inaccuracy
    • instability of color samples (aging, dirt)
    • different substrate / OBAs
    • unpredictable issues of opacity, overprints and tints 
    • undefined matter of issues
     

    PROS:

    • numerically expressed color differences

    CONS:

    • expensive and time-consuming personal supervision
    • uncontrolled metamerism
    • initial swatch-book inaccuracy
    • instability of color samples (aging, dirt)
    • different substrate / OBAs
    • unpredictable issues of opacity, overprints and tints 
    • instrument precision and stability, inter-instrument agreement issues
     

    PROS:

    • numerically expressed color differences
    • stable color definition
    • exchangeable color definition
    • the possibility of remote control

    CONS:

    • limited color definition
    • only one lighting condition specified
    • uncontrolled metamerism
    • unpredictable issues of opacity, overprints and tints 
    • instrument precision and stability, inter-instrument agreement issues
     

    PROS:

    • numerically expressed color differences
    • stable color definition
    • exchangeable color definition
    • lighting condition independent
    • controlled metamerism
    • the possibility of remote control 
    • trackable instrument precision and stability
    • optional inter-instrument agreement harmonization

    CONS:

    • unpredictable issues of opacity, overprints and tints 
     

    PROS:

    • numerically expressed color differences
    • stable color definition
    • exchangeable color definition
    • lighting condition independent
    • controlled metamerism
    • the possibility of remote control 
    • trackable instrument precision and stability
    • optional inter-instrument agreement harmonization
    • predictable opacity, overprints and tints

     

     

     

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