Plastics Workshops and Seminars
Color, Color Science and the Coloring of Plastics

Fee:             $1,095
Instructor:  Jack Ladson

This training is designed to teach participants the fundamentals of Color, Color Science and the Coloring of Plastics.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

Brand Managers, Color Lab Managers. Color Selectors. Compounders. Designers, Global Sourcing Managers, Incoming Parts Inspectors, Merchandise Managers, Product Marketing Managers, Production Managers, Quality Assurance Managers; anyone involved in color appearance; anyone whose product is color-critical; those involved with color-critical decisions; those employed by a company where color affects profits.

SEMINAR CONTENT:

  • Introduction
    • Things are not what they appear
    • Color and personality
  • Introduction to Color Science - Lecture and Lab
    • HVC
    • Color appearance
    • The triads of color
  • The Eye
    • Lights and illuminants
    • Standard observe
  • Objects Interact with Light
    • Transmitted
    • Reflected
    • Complex reflection
    • First surface body reflectance
  • Color Order Systems
    • Psychophysical and physics systems
      • Munsell in detail
      • NCS
    • Systems based in perception, mixing and matching
  • Color Curve
    • Pantone
    • OSA
    • Ostwald
    • Millennium
  • Spectrometers - Lab and Lecture
    • Design
      • Geometries
      • 45:0 & 0:45
      • 8o/Diffuse
      • Apertures
      • Illumination
    • Samples
      • Measurable
      • Immeasurable
  • Statistics
  • Tristimulus Calculations - Lecture and Lab
    • Tristimulus
    • CIE System
      • CIE XYZ
      • CIE xyY
      • CIE LAB
      • CIE LCH
  • Color Difference Equations
    • Linear and Perceptual Scales
    • Color Difference
    • Total Color Difference
    • DEs
      • CIE 94
      • CIE 2000
      • CMC
        • l/c ratio
        • Commercial factor
  • Metamerism - Lecture and Lab
    • Illuminant
    • Observer
    • Object
  • Computer Color Matching
    • Two colorants, black and white
    • Denaturants
    • Colorants add absorption
    • Complex colorants
    • Three band theory
    • Orange slice
    • Kubelka-Munk Theory
      • Derive K & S from R's
      • Derive R's from K's and S's
    • Saunderson Correction Factor

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Updated August 28, 2009
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