Guest Contributor – Isabelle Grainger – solidconstructiondesign.com If you have ever attempted to paint your house or any other building you would be aware of the fact that it is an extremely difficult job to …
Producers in the food and beverage industry use many ingredients, spices, and additives that are in powder form. These powders have a long shelf life, meaning they are often shipped from suppliers around the world …
Multi-point Averaging with the Nix Quality Control (QC) Color Sensor and App Not all products are uniform in color (See case study on building blocks). When measuring the color properties of a non-uniform surface, a …
From petrochemicals, to pigments, to beverages, the color characteristics of translucent liquids are often vital to a product’s performance in the marketplace. Alcoholic beverages such as wine, beer, whiskey, scotch, and tequila are high-margin consumer …
Many of today’s consumer goods are made of injection molded plastics. This injection molding process involves melting thermoplastic pellets, forcing molten liquid into a specialized mold to be cooled and hardened. Based on the customer’s …
Ever been captivated by a color in your surroundings? Maybe it’s a brightly colored flower or a mural that stopped you in your tracks. Trying to remember the exact color of an item once …
The vast majority of the human population is extremely sensitive to differences and inconsistencies in color. Intuitively, we are able to sense when a color is ‘off’. However, when it comes to scientific equipment and …
Introduction to RGB Color The RGB color system is one of the most well-known color systems in the world, and perhaps the most ubiquitous. As an additive color system, it combines red, green, and blue light to create …
Delta E, ΔE or dE, is a way of measuring the visible difference, or error between two colors mathematically. It is very useful for sorting “closeness” of paints to a scanned sample and has obvious applications …