The second edition of this brief book provides surprisingly broad coverage of color theory, measurement, and formulation. This edition offers expanded discussions of color definitions, differences and tolerances; presents the latest developments in color software and color measuring instrumentation; includes expanded coverage of metamerism, hiding power, and colorant calibration; and more.

From the Preface: “...The advances in personal computer capability have made many tasks such as complex color computations, storage and retrieval of color data, colorant inventory and color formula management, statistical quality control, etc. within reach of organizations with small budgets and limited personnel resources. Since complex color calculations are accomplished with little assistance from the user, the details of many color calculations have been moved to a Mathematical Appendix...The authors and the Federation hope that this revised monograph will be useful to FSCT and industry members who are charged with color and appearance tasks and will facilitate problem solving with customers and associates.”

Target Audience: Formulators, product managers, sales professionals, and any other reader interested in color and appearance as related to coatings technology.

Table of Contents:

Introduction

Color Perception

Theories of Color Vision

Communicating Color

Colorimetry and the CIE System for Measuring Color

Color and Appearance Measurement Instruments

Color Differences and Tolerances

Color Standards

Pigment and Color Mixtures

Color Matching

Batch Correction

Creation of a Pigment Database for Computer Color Matching

Hiding Power

Tinting Strength

Commercial Software and Hardware

References and Bibliography

Appendices

Glossary of Terms