Re: metamerism?

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From: Bill Collins (photo@intrex.net)
Date: 03/11/02-11:06:44 AM Z


Thanks for all the information on metamerism. Its funny how you can know about something for years, and never even realize it has a name!

Bill

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From: Manuel Gomes Teixeira <PunctumStudios@netc.pt>
Reply-to: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 10:54:28 +0000

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>Bill,
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>I will transcribe what is written in the www.inkjetart.com which I think
>explains well this phenomena .
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>"Metamerism is an effect created when objects having different spectral
>distributions look alike under one light source but appear different when
>viewed with a dissimilar light source.
>Metamerism is most frequently seen when two colored objects match in
>daylight, but differ markedly in colour when viewed in tungsten-filament
>light. This arises because the visible absorption spectra of the two objects
>differ significantly, although the tristimulus values in daylight are
>identical (the colours have the same set of colour coordinates but different
>spectral reflectance curves)."
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>Consult this page concerning this effect on Epson 2000P
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>http://www.tssphoto.com/sp/dg/2000p/metamerism.html
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>Regards
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>Manuel Gomes Teixeira
>Punctum Studios Ltd
>Aveiro
>Portugal
>EU
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>> From: Bill Collins <photo@intrex.net>
>> Reply-To: photo@intrex.net
>> Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2002 17:38:33 -0500
>> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>> Subject: metamerism?
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>> I guess I missed something in the Epson printer discussions. What is
>> metamerism?
>>
>> Bill
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