Color Analysis Flashcards
Colorant
Any chemical that imparts color
Natural or synthetic
Pigment
Natural substance in plant or animal tissue that imparts color
Dyes
Any substances that lend color to material
Food grade water soluble colorant
Certified by FDA
Lakes
Oil dispersible colorants
Properties of materials
Gloss
Transparency
Haziness
Turbidity
Factors in color detection
Light source
Object
Observer or detector
Light may be
Reflected
Transmitted
Absorbed
Refracted
White color
All radiant NRG is reflected
Black color
Light is absorbed almost completely
Color
Sensation experienced when visible light falls upon retina
Cones
Responsible for daylight and color vision
Rods
Responsible for night vision
No color discrimination
Types of cones
Sensitive to red, green, blue
Short, medium, long wavelengths
Opponent color theory
Signals from receptors transformed to 1 brightness signal + 2 hue signals (red/green, yellow/blue)
Reflect
Light ray approaches a surface and bounces back