TOTAL COLOUR MANAGEMENT IN TEXTILES

By JESSICA RAMIREZ

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION PART I MEASURING COLOUR COLOUR PERCEPTION INTRODUCTION THE NATURE OF COLOUR THE PHYSICAL BASIS OF COLOUR THE HUMAN COLOUR VISION SYSTEM REFERENCES COLOUR DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATION SYSTEMS BASIC FACTS ADDITIVE AND SUBTRACTIVE MIXING THE CIE SYSTEM OF COLOUR SPECIFICATION CALCULATION OF TRISTIMULUS VALUES FROM RL VALUES MEASURED AT 10 OR 20 NM INTERVALS RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TRISTIMULUS VALUES AND COLOUR APPEARANCE USEFULNESS AND LIMITATIONS OF THE CIE SYSTEM COLOUR ORDER SYSTEMS COLOUR SPECIFIERS FUTURE TRENDS INSTRUMENTAL COLOUR MEASUREMENT TYPES OF COLOUR MEASUREMENT COLOUR MEASURING INSTRUMENTATION INTER-INSTRUMENT AGREEMENT AND TRACEABILITY SOURCES OF FURTHER INFORMATION AND ADVICE COLOUR QUALITY EVALUATION COLOUR DIFFERENCE FORMULAE METAMERISM COLOUR CONSTANCY CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE TRENDS A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO VISUAL EVALUATION OF TEXTILE SAMPLES THE COMPONENTS OF COLOUR PERCEPTION INDUSTRIAL GUIDELINES FOR VISUAL COLOUR ASSESSMENT PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF VISUAL COLOUR ASSESSMENT METHODS SOURCES OF FURTHER INFORMATION PART II MANAGING COLOUR COLOUR SIMULATION OF TEXTILES CHARACTERISATION OF COLOUR DISPLAYS COLOUR MAPPING FOR TWO-DIMENSIONAL TEXTURE IMAGE TEXTURE EFFECT ON VISUAL COLOUR DIFFERENCE EVALUATION COLOUR SYNTHESIS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS FUTURE TRENDS AND FURTHER INFORMATION EFFECTIVE COLOUR COMMUNICATION FROM MIND TO MARKET THE ‘FAST FASHION’ CONCEPT AND ITS EFFECT ON COLOUR COLOUR PALETTE DEVELOPMENT AS PART OF THE WHOLE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS REVIEW OF EXISTING ‘MANUAL’ COMMUNICATION METHODS BETWEEN DESIGN AND PRODUCTION AND WHY THINGS GO WRONG BEST PRACTICE IN COMMUNICATING BETWEEN DESIGN AND PRODUCTION – HUMAN AND TECHNOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS CREATING THE STANDARD COLOUR APPROVAL – WHERE IS IT DONE? COLOUR APPROVAL – HOW IS IT DONE? ELECTRONIC COLOUR COMMUNICATION PROGRAMMES – ASSOCIATED CONSIDERATIONS AND OPTIONS ELECTRONIC TRACKING AND REPORTING PACKAGES FUTURE TRENDS AND CONCLUSION CONTROLLING COLOURANT FORMULATION COLOURANT RECIPE FORMULATION IMPROVEMENT OF THE FORMULATION ACCURACY A CASE STUDY FOR MATCHING A TARGET USING A COMMERCIAL COLOUR RECIPE FORMULATION SYSTEM SOURCES OF FURTHER INFORMATION AND FUTURE TRENDS CONTROLLING DIGITAL COLOUR PRINTING ON TEXTILES CHARACTERISTICS AND VARIABLES OF DIGITAL INK JET PRINTING (DIJP) DESIGN POTENTIAL AND LIMITATIONS OF DIGITAL TEXTILE PRINTING ROLE OF END OUTPUT: ARTIST AND INDUSTRY APPROACHES ENSURING ACCURACY AND UNIFORMITY COLOUR MANAGEMENT ACROSS THE SUPPLY CHAIN COLOUR SUPPLY CHAINS SUPPLY CHAIN COLOUR PROCESS REQUIREMENTS CONCLUSIONS FURTHER READING QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGEMENT FOR COLOURED GOODS REPRODUCTION OF COLOUR INSTRUMENTAL OR COMPUTER RECIPE PREDICTION COLOUR VARIATION EVALUATION AND MONITORING COLOUR PERFORMANCE NOTES AND REFERENCES