This course incorporates everything you need to get started in the world of color, in one place, at one time. Day one introduces the fundamentals of color and appearance, where you’ll learn a better way to communicate and control color. Day two builds on what you learned in day one with interactive, hands-on instruction using X-Rite instruments and X-Rite ColorMaster software.
Bring samples and questions! Whether your application is paint, plastics, textiles or ink, this workshop will equip you with the skills to implement color control into your commercial setting.
Day One: Color Theory
- See the “Fundamentals of Color and Appearance” agenda for specific topics.
Day Two: ColorMaster™ QA.
- Setting up your equipment
- Configuring your software
- The what and why of instrument geometries
- Calibrating and maintaining your instrument
- Basic Software Functionality: Selecting a database, calibrating the instrument, and formulation mode vs. QA mode
- How to create and maintain standards and samples
- Standard Editing and Tolerancing
- How to establish achievable tolerances
- How to use special features: projects, jobs, reports
- How to download standards to portable instrument
- How to make data portable
- Advanced standard manipulation
- How to protect your data
- Q & A throughout the day
- FOCA is a required prerequisite to this day’s activities.