Re: Fine art reproduction...was: Recommendations for Spectro and Profile
Re: Fine art reproduction...was: Recommendations for Spectro and Profile
- Subject: Re: Fine art reproduction...was: Recommendations for Spectro and Profile
- From: "Stanley Smith" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:54:15 -0700
Years ago when I owned a color lab, we used to give job applicants the Ishihara test, and it is very effective tool. However curators are not hired here for their ability to color correct images-- their strength is in the passion and scholarship they have for their chosen field of art. True, they often have a keen appreciation for the subtle colors of a painting, but their idea of "correct" color is often tainted by subjective influences-- sometimes generated by exposure to many other paintings beside the one being evaluated. So it is always a fine line we walk, but we do try to color correct our reproductions while the original artwork is still in the studio-- with a tightly controlled and calibrated environment, and even then metameric problems always arise, necessitating hue-specific moves on many files. Short of a reliable and cost effective multi-spectral capture, I don't see this changing any time soon.
Stanley Smith
Manager, Imaging Services
J. Paul Getty Museum
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1000
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1687
(310) 440-7286
>>> Marco Ugolini <email@hidden> 10/14/2007 2:15 PM >>>
In a message dated 10/14/07 8:43 AM, Ray Maxwell wrote:
> Hi Stanley,
>
> You have my sympathy. If the picky curators are male, there is one
> chance in thirteen that they are color blind and that the art museum has
> never heard of the Munsell 100 hue test.
The Farnsworth-Munsell 100-Hue Test would be an excellent investment for a
large company whose principal business is the long-term preservation of a
visual record.
<http://tinyurl.com/2yhzrg>
There are other color-perception tests that are used to detect different
degrees of color blindness, the Ishihara Color Tests being the most famous:
<http://www.toledo-bend.com/colorblind/Ishihara.html>
Of course, the Ishihara tests are best done not on a Web page, but with a
printed book (not cheap, but far more accurate):
<http://www.bernell.com/product/1948/10>
In a place like a renowned museum it would be highly unwise to run the risk
of having the color-blind leading the color-blind.
As in the famous painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder:
<http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/bruegel1/p-brueg1-6.htm>
Marco Ugolini
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