An evaluation of the transferability of Munsell's colour notation methodology to modern inkjet printing technology

Melissa Olen; Adrian Geisow; Carinna Parraman

doi:10.1117/12.2083333

8 February 2015 An evaluation of the transferability of Munsell's colour notation methodology to modern inkjet printing technology

Melissa Olen, Adrian Geisow, Carinna Parraman

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Proceedings Volume 9395, Color Imaging XX: Displaying, Processing, Hardcopy, and Applications; 93950D (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2083333
Event: SPIE/IS&T Electronic Imaging, 2015, San Francisco, California, United States

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This paper examines the transferability of the Munsell system to modern inkjet colorants and printing technology following a similar approach to his original methods. While extensive research and development has gone into establishing methods for measuring and modelling the modern colour gamut, this study seeks to reintegrate the psychophysical and artistic principles used in Munsell’s early colour studies with digital print. Contemporary inkjet printing, with ink sets containing a greater number of primary colorants, are significantly higher in chroma compared to the limited colorants available at the time of Munsell’s original work. Following Munsell’s design and implementation, our experiments replicate the use of Clerk-Maxwell’s spinning disks in order to examine the effects of colour mixing with these expanded colour capacities, and to determine hue distribution and placement. This work revisits Munsell's project in light of known issues, and formulates questions about how we can reintegrate Munsell's approach for colour description and mixing into modern colour science, understanding, and potential application.

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Melissa Olen, Adrian Geisow, and Carinna Parraman "An evaluation of the transferability of Munsell's colour notation methodology to modern inkjet printing technology", Proc. SPIE 9395, Color Imaging XX: Displaying, Processing, Hardcopy, and Applications, 93950D (8 February 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2083333

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Inkjet technology

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Photometry

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