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Defining Color Standards

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References

References — General:

  • R.S. Berns, Billmeyer and Saltzman's Principles of Color Technology, 3rd edition, http://www.wiley.com/Wiley-Interscience, New York, New York, 2000. ISBN: 978-0471194590.
  • R.A. Eppler and M. Obstler, Understanding Glazes, 1st edition, American Ceramic Society, Westerville, Ohio, 2005. ISBN: 978-1574982220.
  • M.D. Fairchild, Color Appearance Models, 2nd edition, http://www.wiley.com/Wiley-Interscience, New York, New York, 2005. ISBN: 978-0470012161.
  • B. Fraser, C. Murphy and F. Bunting, Real World Color Management, 2nd edition, Peachpit Press, Berkeley, California, 2004. ISBN: 978-0321267221.
  • J. Workman, Jr., and A. Springsteen, Applied Spectroscopy, 1st edition, Academic Press, San Diego, California, 1998. ISBN: 978-0127640709.
  • ISCC Technical Report 2003-1, 2003, J. Ladson, A.W. Springsteen, J. Sefl, H.S. Fairman, M.H. Brill, and J. Zwinkels, Guide to Material Standards and Their Use in Color Measurement, Inter-Society Color Council, Reston, Virginia, www.iscc.org.
  • Spectrophotometer CM-2500c Instruction Manual, Konica-Minolta Sensing Americas, Inc., Ramsey, New Jersey, kmpi.konicaminolta.us.

References — Procedures:

  • ASTM E275-01, 2001, Standard Practice for Describing and Measuring Performance of Ultraviolet, Visible, and Near-Infrared Spectrophotometers, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, www.astm.org.
  • ASTM E2214-02, 2002, Standard Practice for Specifying and Verifying the Performance of Color-Measuring Instruments, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, www.astm.org.
  • ASTM E1164-07, 2007, Standard Practice for Obtaining Spectrometric Data for Object-Color Evaluation, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, www.astm.org.
  • ASTM E308-06, 2006, Standard Practice for Computing the Colors of Objects by Using the CIE System, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, www.astm.org.
  • CIE 15:2004, CIE Technical Report: Colorimetry, 3rd edition, International Commission on Illumination (Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage), Vienna, Austria, ISBN: 3-901-906-33-9, www.cie-usnc.org.

References — Technical:

  • J.T. Atkins and F.W. Billmeyer, Jr., Edge-Loss Errors in Reflectance and Transmittance Measurement of Translucent Materials, Materials Research and Standards, 6, 564(6) (1966).
  • R.S. Berns and K.H. Petersen, Empirical Modeling of Systematic Spectrophotometric Errors, Color Research and Application, 13(4), 243(14) (1988).
  • R.S. Berns and L. Reniff, An Abridged Technique to Diagnose Spectrophotometric Errors, Color Research and Application, 22(1), 51(10) (1997).
  • J.J. Hsia, Optical Radiation Measurements: The Translucent Blurring Effect—Method of Evaluation and Estimation, NBS Technical Note 594-12, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C. i-v and 1-25 (1976). NTIS No. PB259639.
  • J. Ladson, A.W. Springsteen, J. Sefl, H.S. Fairman, M.H. Brill and J. Zwinkels, Technical Report 2003-1: Guide to Material Standards and Their Use in Color Measurement, 2nd Revision 2003, Inter-Society Color Council, Inc., Reston, Virginia (2003).
  • M. Mohammadi and R.S. Berns, Diagnosing and Correcting Systematic Errors in Spectral-Based Digital Imaging, 13th Color Imaging Conference, Final Program and Proceedings (Scottsdale, Arizona), Society for Imaging Science and Technology & Society for Information Display, 25(6) (November 2005).
  • D. Rich, Graphic technology--Improving the Inter-instrument Agreement of Spectrocolorimeters, White Paper, Committee for Graphic Arts Technologies Standards, Reston, Virginia (2004).
  • D. Rich and D. Martin, Improved model for improving inter-instrument agreement of spectrocolorimeters, Analytical Chemica Acta, 380, 263(14) (1999).
  • J.W. Root, Translucency Tests: 14 Ceramic Tiles, 8 Carrera Glasses, White Vitrolite Glass & M-20 Russian White Opal Glass, technical report, release 1.0, Mt. Baker Research L.L.C., Bellingham, Washington (March 9, 2009).
  • J.W. Root, Ultra-White Color Standards: Tests and Models for Translucency, technical report, release 2.5, Mt. Baker Research L.L.C., Bellingham, Washington (January 6, 2009).
  • J.W. Root, Ultra-White Color Standards: Tests for Translucency and Standoff Behavior, technical report, release 1.5, Mt. Baker Research L.L.C., Bellingham, Washington (October 13, 2008).
  • D.L. Spooner, Stray Darkness: A New Error or a Previously Known Error Recast?, in G.B. Beretta and R. Eschbach, editors. Device-Independent Color, Color Hardcopy, and Graphic Arts IV. SPIE Conference Proceedings 3648, 242(7) (January 1999). ISBN: 9780819431196.
  • D.R. Wyble and D.C. Rich, Evaluation of Methods for Verifying the Performance of Color-Measuring Instruments. Part I: Repeatability, Color Research and Application, 32(3), 166(10) (2007).
  • D.R. Wyble and D.C. Rich, Evaluation of Methods for Verifying the Performance of Color-Measuring Instruments. Part II: Inter-Instrument Reproducibility, Color Research and Application, 32(3), 176(19) (2007).

References — Traceability:

  • NRC Calibration Report No. PAR-2007-2528, 2007, 0°:45° Radiance Factors of Two Ceramic Tiles, S/N: P-6-Light-Green, B-5-White, National Research Council Canada, Institute for National Measurement Standards, Ottawa, Canada, www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca.
  • ASTM E1349-06, 2006, Standard Test Method for Reflectance Factor and Color by Spectrophotometry Using Bidirectional (45:0 or 0:45) Geometry, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, www.astm.org.
  • ASTM E1345-98, 1998 (2003), Standard Practice for Reducing the Effect of Variability of Color Measurement by Use of Multiple Measurements, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, www.astm.org.
  • P.Y. Barnes and J.J. Hsia, 45°/0° Reflection Factors of Pressed Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Powder, NIST Technical Note 1413, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Washington, D.C. i-iv and 1-13 (1995). NTIS No. PB259639.
  • V.R. Weidner and J.J. Hsia, Reflection Properties of Pressed Polytetrafluoroethylene Powder, Journal of the Optical Society of America, 71(7), 856(6) (1981).

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