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GRC 331
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48
Art/Design
Undergraduate 3
12/06/2010

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Term
Delta E
Definition
The mathematical difference between two colors; value of the sought vs. the actual
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Acceptable Delta E
Definition
Within 5 units
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Passive Profile
Definition
Computer Monitor
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Active Profile
Definition
Printer
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Aluminum plates use ______ spots to make ______ halftone dots.
Definition
256 machine spots make 1 halftone dot
Term
CM
Definition
Color Management
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T/F Email is color corrected by CM
Definition
True anything that displays on a monitor is color corrected.
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Purpose of Munsell's wooden tops
Definition
These tops had complementary colors painted on opposite sides and when spun would produce neutral gray.
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HVC
Definition
Hue (the color) Value (darkness) Chroma (amount saturation)
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GCR
Definition
Grey Component Replacement; more aggressive uses less CMY and uses more black ink
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UCR
Definition
Under Color Removal removes CMY neutrals and replaces it with black
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What is LAB and why is it used?
Definition
LAB is a color space. It is used because it is mathematically efficient and is universal.
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Color Complements
Definition
R.ed C.orvette B.Y. G.eneral M.otors
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Triad
Definition
120 degrees from any color; Red to Green or Green to Blue
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What color is yellow ink?
Definition
Everything but, because its subtractive
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Why is RGB additive?
Definition
When two are added we get either C,M, or Y. When all three are together we get white.
Term
CRT
Definition
Cathode Ray Tube. Mainly obsolete but was implemented in the 1950's as tv monitor.
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LCD
Definition
Twisted crystals allow the Liquid Crystal Display to be electroluminescent. White light is emitted and filtered with RGB.
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Photocell
Definition
Produces energy when hit with light. Could measure color with a filter.
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Colorimeter
Definition
Measure RGB using 3 photocells with filters.
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Spectrophotometer
Definition
32 photocells surrounding a circular cone. Each are 10nm apart.
Term
ADC
Definition
Analog to Digital Converter; takes a value and represents it into a number.
Term
Prokudin-Gorskii
Definition
Used a 3 color process to create the first full range color picture.
Term
Protanopia
Definition
Red yellow Green color deficiency; most common
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Duetranopia
Definition
Red yellow green color deficiency; less common
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Tritanopia
Definition
Yellow and Blue color deficiency; least common
Term
Rods see ________ Cones see _________
Definition
Black & White; Color
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Nanometer
Definition
billionth of a meter; Meter x 10^-9
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Macula
Definition
largest concentration of cones and rods
Term
Fovea
Definition
center of the macula
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T/F We can't see color 15 degrees outside the center of the macula
Definition
False; its 5 degrees
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Retina
Definition
Lining on the back of the eye; causes red eye in photographs
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Phosphorus
Definition
Element that allows for color on the screen of CRT monitors.
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Kodachrome
Definition
Longest life of any color film; ended production in 2009
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CCD
Definition
Charged coupled device that allows for the movement of an electrical charge;less expensive than a CMOS
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Bayer pattern
Definition
Two green one red one blue
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Roll-Fed and Screen Printers
Definition
People that would prefer GCR.
Term
Polarizing
Definition
Removes glare by only allowing horizontal light to pass through the filter.
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Giclee
Definition
Also known as fine art reproduction by literally translates as "squirt"
Term
ColorMunki
Definition
an example of a spectrophotometer
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ColorChecker
Definition
Made by Xrite; makes a profile by recording the behavior of the camera on the memory card.
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Isis
Definition
Developed by Eye-one; is a sheetfed spectrophotometer.
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iO
Definition
Developed by X-Rite; flatbed style color reader (moving arm)
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Why does the boat never touch the water?
Definition
Because we can never reproduce true black.
Term
W3C recommends a brightness difference of...
Definition
More than 125 (greater number less smaller number)
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W3C recommends a color difference of...
Definition
More than 500
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#CCC would be?
Definition
a light grey
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#333 would be...
Definition
a dark grey
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