Colour measurement: principles, advances and industrial applications

The measurement of colour is important in many commercial operations and in various professions, such as the textile, paint and food industries. This book discusses colour measurement theories, the latest technological and scientificdevelopments of measuring colour. Part 1 reviews the main underlying theoriesand principles of how to measure colour. Part 2 evaluates industrial applications illustrating the uses of colour measurement. The book is aimed at a rangeof different readers in various disciplines such as, designers, colour technologists, colour quality inspectors, product developers and anyone who uses colour in their work. INDICE: Part 1 Theories, principles and methods of measuring colour: Colour vision: theories and principles; Scales for communicating colour; Expressingcolours numerically; Visual and instrumental evaluation of whiteness and yellowness; Use of artificial neural networks (ANN’s) in colour measurement; Camera based colour measurement; Colour shade sorting; Determining and improving the accuracy of colour measurement; Colour measurement and fastness assessment. Part 2 Colour measurement and its applications: Colour measurement methods fortextiles; Grading of cotton by colour measurement; Colour measurement of paint films and coatings; Colour measurement of food; Colorimetric evaluation of tooth colour; Hair colour measurement.

• ISBN: 978-1-84569-559-0
• Editorial: Woodhead
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 448
• Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés