Appearance is more than just color. It’s an all-inclusive look at everything inherent to an object, including texture, gloss, transparency, translucency, and special effects like sparkle and shimmer. When viewed from different angles or under different lighting conditions, appearance effects can change our perception of color. That's why it’s important to control both color and appearance throughout design and development. Durable goods brands use appearance effects to captur...
Posted February 20, 2020 by X-Rite Color
With so many requests for innovative bases, transparency, and special effects, formulating color for paint, coating, and plastic applications can be a challenge. To keep up, formulation software needs to be innovative, too. We recently launched version 10 of our Color iMatch formulation software, and it is our smartest version yet. It allows you to select cost-reducing parameters, such as lowest cost or fewest colorants, and will determine the best formula for your application. It work...
Posted July 10, 2019 by Rich Knapp
Espectrofotômetros de bancada medem em modo de transmissão ou refletância para capturar e quantificar cores em várias amostras opacas, transparentes e translúcidas, incluindo vidro, líquido, tecido e plástico. Hoje explicaremos a diferença entre medições de transmissão e refletância para que você possa determinar qual bancada atenderá às suas necessidades de medição de cor. Medi&cc...
Posted February 26, 2019 by Mike Huda
