Although significant improvements have been made when it comes to color measuring technology, visual color evaluation for your product is still very much advised. Not only can this help identify any inaccuracies that a color measuring device might have missed, but it can also prevent having to do reworks. Let’s get into some tips…

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Most professional workplaces today still use fluorescent lighting. When it comes to color work, however, most fluorescent lamps are typically not recommended (though some do work and we will discuss those in a bit). The reason that most conventional fluorescent lamps on the market are not suitable for working with color is because they tend to have highly distorted light spectra and so color deviations become apparent - especially when you compare an LCD monitor screen to paper. For example, accurately printed colors may appear greenish under fluorescent light.

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A color control bar is essentially a test strip that displays a series of color patches and grayscale printed onto a surface. Color bars are routinely used to ensure that overall appearance and color in printing is controlled, balanced, and uniform, which makes them very useful. However, it is pretty easy to make mistakes with potentia…

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Light sources play a critical role in color evaluation as they can either aid in attaining accuracy, or skew the results if not utilized properly. When it comes to classifying different lighting types, a metric called “color temperature” is used. The warmer or redder the light appears, the lower the color temperate of th…

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Most textiles are at least somewhat transparent: some light will pass through them and reflect off the backing material or sample holder. If you don’t take the textile’s thickness into account, this can result in distorted measurement data. Solution?

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Spectrophotometers are expensive devices, ranging from $300 to over $1,000 (USD) depending on the quality you wish to achieve. This is why it is important to make sure that you are making the most of your investment, and ensuring that your purchase appropriately corresponds with the job that needs to get done.

Ensuring Optimal Spectro Performance:

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Earlier this week, I had the chance to speak with Timothy Achumba, a mechanical keyboard designer and creator of Akuko Labs. Today, we will be featuring his primary-colored Gestalt keycap set, as well as discussing the creative inspiration and color selection behind this design.

Creative Inspiration: The Bauhaus Movement

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Today, major makeup brands use digital color matching for their products. This especially goes for products such as foundation or concealer, where exact color matching is critical. So, how do these brands achieve consistently high color-match accuracy? It’s a rather complicated, multi-step process.

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In recent years, companies such as NanoLab, Culture Hustle, and KOYO Orient have been creating extremely dark, pure black paints and coatings that are capable of absorbing up to 98-99.96% of visible light. Some notable examples of such black paints are Vantablack, SINGULARITY Black, BLACK 3.0, and Musou Black.

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Although beige may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of cutting-edge technology and innovation, at one point it was the defining color of the tech industry. In fact, it was representative of a revolutionary design shift in the world of personal computers. Do you remember the color of Apple’s original p…

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