Edited by Richard S. Hunter and Richard W. Harold
Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York 411 pp.
(ISBN 0-471-83006-2)
1987
US $115
The color of an object is undeniably its most noticeable "appearance
attribute".
But other things
such as gloss, luster and translucency also contribute to the way
an object visually appears to us. Specific methods for the measurements
of color, gloss, opacity, haze and other such qualities are in widespread
use in science and industry, and have proven to be valid and extremely
useful in identifying and controlling product appearance. This fascinating,
first-of-its-kind book is designed to help you identify appearance
attributes of objects and the methods available for measuring them.
Part
1 of "The Measurement of Appearance, Second Edition",
which concerns the nature of appearance, draws from the fields of
physiology and psychology as it considers the eye-brain combination
and the way it receives and interprets light signals. Then the field
of physics enters by way of a comprehensive review of the optical
properties responsible for the way objects look and the effects of
the viewing situation upon appearance.
Part 2 deals with the development of numerical scales
to measure object appearance. It establishes scales, scales for gloss and
other geometric "The Measurement of Appearance", Seco attributes, luminosity,
metamerism, uniform color scales for the measurement of color differences,
special scales for white colors, and other scales for color identification.
Part
3 examines instruments for the measurement of the
geometric and chromatic attributes of object appearance, their principles
and standards of design, and a comprehensive survey of the major ones
in use. The final chapter discusses specific applications of appearance
measurements.
For science and industry professionals working with paints, plastics, foods,
textiles, pigments, dyes and other materials, color and appearance technology.
2nd Edition serves as both a readable text and quick reference.
