Abstract:
The present invention relates to a skin colour shade-card, method of using the shade-card, and a shade-card packaged with a composition to form a kit for evaluating skin- tone, and for demonstrating proof of efficacy or facilitating product selection. The present invention provides a skin colour shade-card comprising a substrate and indicia placed onto said substrate, the indicia comprising a graduated scale of colour shades related to a person's first a nd second attribute, wherein the shade-card comprises a pointer associated with the graduated scale for each of the attribute.
Abstract:
Tools for matching the color of a coating on an article are disclosed. These tools include (a) a color chip that includes a coating exhibiting gonio-apparent properties; and (b) a window disposed directly adjacent to at least one side of the color chip, wherein the window has dimensions sufficient for an observer to view the gonio-apparent properties of a coating on an underlying article and compare it to the gonio-apparent properties of the coating on the color chip. Also disclosed are paint chip books that include one or more pages having a plurality of such color tools and method for matching the color of a coating on an article utilizing such color tools.
Abstract:
Dispositif et methode permettant de determiner l'indice de protection solaire adequat pour un individu. Le dispositif de la presente invention comporte un support sur lequel sont imprimees des images de differents types de peau selon leur sensibilite aux rayonnements du soleil; a chaque type de peau represente sur le dispositif est associe un indice de protection solaire. Pour determiner l'indice de protection solaire le mieux adapte a la peau d'un individu suffit de place les images dudit dispositif en regard de la peau dudit individu et de determiner l'image qui correspond le mieux a la peau dudit individu.
Abstract:
A color measurement instrument is used as a shade card generator and printer. Spectral geometries of D/8, D/0, 45/0, 0/45, D(hemisphere)/8, D(hemisphere)/0 or others are applied. The light spectrum of the illumination source (2) lies in the range of 350 - 1100 nm. An integrating sphere (3) is used in the case of D/8 geometry. A detector (7.5) and an optical assembly (7.2, 7.3, 7.4) using a variable sample aperture are between the light source (2) and the sample.
Abstract:
A pigment library and a method for preparing it are provided, which includes identifying a plurality of thermoplastic polymers and then selecting pigments useful in the plurality of thermoplastic polymers. The pigments are heat stable at the melt temperature of each of the plurality of thermoplastic polymers and are not chemically interactive or reactive with each of the polymers of the plurality of thermoplastic polymer. Further, each of the pigments in combination with each of the polymers of the plurality of thermoplastic polymers possesses the property of being lightfast, injection moldable, and fiber spinnable and also not crocking. A colorant database is then prepared using the pigment library. The colorant database is used with color matching software that predict formulations using the colorant database. The result is the development of formulations that minimize or eliminate metameric color effect under various lighting conditions across multiple polymers and end product types.
Abstract:
The referencing or calibration phantom (1) has at least a partial surface with at least two different colors or two shades of the same color. The surface is at least partially opaque.
Abstract:
A color measurement system includes a hand held color measurement instrument, which may be provided with a, wireless interface to a computer The color measurement system includes a scanning guide for holding the Band held color measurement trùment in proper alignment with a color target.- The scanning guide includes a calibration reference to allow convenient calibration of the hand-held color measurement instrument. The hand-held color instrumentt includes an illumination ring to provide visual feedback to the user. The color of the illumination' ring changes in order to display a color imilar to that being read by the hand-held color measur ment instrument. Color management profiling of the hand field color measurement instrurn nt illumination ring improves the color rendition capability of the illumination ring.
Abstract:
A method for obtaining a target color measurement using an electronic image capturing device comprising the steps of: (1) determining one or more of a field correction array, level correction vectors, a color correction matrix, and a calibration correction and; (2) adjusting a target color measurement based upon one or more of a field correction array, level correction vector, a color correction matrix, and a calibration correction to obtain a corrected color target measurement.
Abstract:
A general purpose computer system is used to run a color selection application which operates to facilitate the selection of colors and the automatic generation of palettes of harmonious colors. The application is implemented in three pages, a color selection page, a results manager page, and a color composition page. The color selection page is used to select a plurality of colors that the results manager page can operate on to generate palettes of harmoniously related colors. The color composition page is used to experiment with the colors selected and palettes generated in order to arrive at a pleasing arrangement of colors. The results manager page contains functions and palette characteristics that an artist can specify in order to automatically generate palettes that contain groups of colors that have very specific contrast relationships to previously selected colors.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a chromatic reintegration method for works of art based on the use of color tables or charts as color reference system. The invention defines the use of color tables or charts (Figure 1) as a color reference system on the basis of which the colors to be restored in a work of art( Figure 7) can be identified in such a way that their trichromatic components yellow, magenta and cyan or their four chromatic components yellow, magenta, cyan and black and their corresponding proportions can be specified. This makes it possible to effect restoration using traditional restoration systems and to initially know in an orientational manner, both in terms of quality and quantity, the colors to be used to achieve the desired result. The invention describes the structure of said color tables or charts. Alternative methods for obtaining said color tables or charts, e.g. serigraphy, lithography, printers, plotters, etc., are also described in the invention.