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Matthew Sheridan named Ontario’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year

Mat Sheridan accepts an award at the Ontario Business Achievement Awards (2015)

HAMILTON, ON – November 26, 2015 –Matthew Sheridan, inventor of the Nix Pro Color Sensor and President and CEO of Nix Sensor Ltd., was named Ontario’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the 2015 Ontario Business Achievement …

Adventures in Color: Nix on the set of Graceland

At Nix Sensor Ltd., we’re lucky to work with professionals in many different industries who use the Nix Pro to capture & record color. One of our users is Danny Dávila, who works in the Film & Television Industry …

How do you Measure Color Accuracy?

An illustration depicting the CIELAB colour model.

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 …

What is RGB Color?

The RGB model shows overlapping red, green, and blue. When all three colours overlap, they form white.

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 …

What is Delta E or ΔE

Two orange swatches are shown side by side. They different slightly in colour.

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 …

What is HEX?

HEX is just an alternative method of communicating RGB colors. Instead of each of the red, green and blue channels being represented by numbers from 0 to 255, they are represented in the hexadecimal number system, 00 to …

What is CMYK Color?

Introduction to CMYK Color The CMYK color model, also known as process color, was first popularized at the turn of the 20th century. After extensive experimentation in the 1800’s, it was found that cyan, magenta, and yellow inks …

What is HSL Color?

A colour wheel depicting values and hues

Introduction to the HSL Color System One of the most common ways to communicate color is through visual systems like charts, where each color has its own unique set of co-ordinates. For example, the RGB …

Matthew Sheridan Named Finalist in Ontario Business Achievement Awards

HAMILTON, ON – October 8, 2015 – Matthew Sheridan, inventor of the Nix Color Sensor and President and CEO of Nix Sensor Ltd., has been named as a finalist for the Young Entrepreneur of the …