Total Colour Management in Textiles provides basic yet comprehensive knowledge on the many aspects of colour management.

Features:

• Covers colour specification systems and the difficulties inherent in subjective measurements
• Explores instrumental colour measurement and color quality evaluation
• Offers a practical guidance on the visual evaluation of textile samples
• Discusses the accurate colour simulation on display devices and colour samples with texture structures
• Examines the contributions of computer methods within the industry
• Highlights the issues of digital textile printing technology
• Includes coverage of supply chain management and quality assurance

Contents

Measuring Colour

• Colour Perception
• The Nature of Colour
• The Physical Basis of Colour
• The Human Colour Vision System
• Colour Perception

Colour Description/Specification Systems

• 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 and Colour Specifiers
• Colour Specifiers

Instrumental Colour Measurement

• Types of Colour Measurement
• Colour Measuring Instrumentation
• Inter-Instrument Agreement and Traceability

Colour Quality Evaluation

• Colour Difference Formulae
• Metamerism
• Colour Constancy

A Practical Guide to Visual Evaluation of Textile Samples

• The Components of Color Perception
• Industrial Guidelines for Visual Colour Assessment
• Practical Application of Visual Colour Assessment Methods

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

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
• "Is an Engineered Standard all that I Need to Get Good Colour Matching?"
• 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

Controlling Colorant Formulation

• Colorant Recipe Formulation
• Improvement of the Formulation Accuracy
• A Case Study for Matching a Target Using a Commercial Colour Recipe Formulation System

Controlling Digital Colour Printing on Textiles

• Characteristics and Variables of Digital Ink Jet Printing (DIJP)
• Design Potentials 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

Quality Assurance Management for Coloured Goods

• Reproduction of Colour
• Instrumental or Computer Recipe Prediction
• Colour variation Evaluation and Monitoring
• Colour Performance

Index

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