Re: Metamerism
Re: Metamerism
- Subject: Re: Metamerism
- From: "Bruce J. Lindbloom" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 09:15:53 -0600
Bruce Fraser writes:
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I almost hesitate to mention scanner metamerism and digital camera
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metamerism...
Good point. If you make the appropriate substitutions (e.g. "scanner" or
"digital camera" for "observer", "RGB" for "XYZ", etc.), the metamerism
cases become more general. The same principles apply, though.
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The context in which this whole discussion arises is that, while
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traditional offset inks are fairly tolerant of variations in
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"standard" viewing conditions, the Epson pigmented inks are not. If
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we adopt flooberism, we have to say that the Epson pigs are a great
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deal more flooberic, or display a much greater degree of flooberism,
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than most of the colorant sets to which we are accustomed.
Yes, it would be interesting to compare the spectral reflectance curves of
the Epson pigments with something more traditional, like SWOP inks. Has
anyone done this?
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Bruce J. Lindbloom
www.brucelindloom.com