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142 results about "Tints and shades" patented technology

In color theory, a tint is a mixture of a color with white, which reduces darkness, while a shade is a mixture with black, which increases darkness. Both processes affect the resulting color mixture's relative lightness. A tone is produced either by mixing a color with grey, or by both tinting and shading. Mixing a color with any neutral color (including black, gray, and white) reduces the chroma, or colorfulness, while the hue (the relative mixture of red, yellow, green, etc. depending on the colorspace) remains unchanged.

Coating system exhibiting cool dark color

A layered coating composition for use in producing a cool dark coating composition. The coating system includes an IR reflecting layer, having IR-reflective pigments in a resinous binder. A radiation absorbing layer is coated onto the IR reflecting layer. The radiation absorbing layer includes nano-sized pigments dispersed in a resinous binder.
Owner:PPG IND OHIO INC

Ink set

An ink set, including at least three colors of ink consisting of a yellow ink, in which the hue angle ∠H° defined in the CIELAB color space on a recording medium is within the range of about 80° C. to about 110° C., magenta ink, in which the hue angle ∠H° is within the range of about 330° to about 360°, and a cyan ink, in which the hue angle ∠H° is within the range of about 230° to about 260°, and the following ink (A) and the following ink (B): ink (A): ink in which the hue angle ∠H° is within the range of about 0° to about 80°; and, ink (B): ink in which the hue angle ∠H° is within the range of about 0° to about 80° (wherein, the ink (A) has higher chroma and lower brightness than the magenta ink, the ink (B) has higher chroma and higher brightness than the magenta ink and has higher chroma and lower brightness than the yellow ink, the hue angle (∠H°) is determined according to ∠H°=tan−1(b* / a*)+180 (when a*<0) or according to ∠H°=tan−1(b* / a*)+360 (when a*>0), and a* and b* represent a perceptive chromaticity index in the CIELAB color space).
Owner:SEIKO EPSON CORP

Pigment dispersing agent and pigment composition containing the same

A colorless or only slightly colored pigment dispersing agent which is feasible as a pigment dispersing agent for pigments having various hues and has the general formula (1), wherein R1, R2, X1, Y1, Y2, k and h are as defined in claim 1.
Owner:TOYO INK SC HOLD CO LTD

Methods and systems for multicolor process printing employing both process colors and spot colors in the process ink set

InactiveUS20120090488A1Supplement and extend gamutFilling planer surface with attributesPrinting press partsGamutEngineering
Spot colors reproduce high value brand colors to supplement conventional process colors for printed images and packaging A printing press can utilize hi-fidelity process inks with at least three unique colors and black, and spot colors for printing solid brand colors and for printing over other colors to produce wide-gamut, half-toned color reproductions printing logos on a substrate includes (i) printing the spot colors using spot inks, and (u) printing the remainder of the image using a substituted original process ink set. Such method can alternatively include (in) reading the spectral characteristic of the inks, (iv) determining if any color in the image is identified by a color management method from the default process ink set palette, (v) processing the out-of-palette-colors using spot colors and the standard process ink set, and (vi) applying a tone scale value increase (TVI) to the process color sets
Owner:SUN CHEM CORP

System and method for image luminance transformation

An image conversion system for altering an image to adjust the overall brightness of the image when displayed is provided. The image conversion system includes a luminance transformer and a color adjuster. To adjust the overall brightness of the image, the luminance transformer reverses the luminance of each original color in the image. The new luminance of each transformed color is then compared to the desired luminance for that color. When the transformed colors do not have the desired luminance, the color adjuster modifies the hues of transformed color to achieve the desired luminance. Specifically, the color adjuster modifies the transformed color using a weighted average to achieve the desired luminance while maintaining the hues of the original color to the extent possible. By substituting each original color with a transformed color that is adjusted as needed to reach the desired luminance, the overall brightness of the image is adjusted.
Owner:HONEYWELL INT INC

Use of pearlescent and other pigments to create a security document

A security instrument and method of forming the same, in which the instrument is comprised of a series of layers which overlay one another, and in which at least one of the layers has a pattern imprinted thereon in a predetermined location, with pearlescent materials of varying colors and hues. When the layers are bonded together on a base member, a design emerges at the surface that provides optical variations, depending on the attitude and lighting at which the instrument is viewed.
Owner:L 1 SECURE CREDENTIALING

Lens system and method with antireflective coating

ActiveUS7717557B2Low costImproves perceived clarity of transmitted imageOptical partsOptical elementsColor shiftHue
An improved method is provided for applying an antireflective high contrast coating to a lens, as well as a lens system made with said method. By coating the lenses with a mixture of an oxide and fluoride, the transmission of undesirable visible light wavelengths is reduced, as is the reflection of undesirable light. This combination not only increases perceived sharpness and detail associated with viewing objects through the lenses, but also reduces undesirable reflected glare. Utilization of increased vacuum during the coating process reduces problems of humidity associated with plastic lenses. The combination of oxide and fluoride is controlled to reduce colored tint or hue in the resulting lenses. By imparting little to no color hue to the lenses, the lenses virtually eliminate any undesired color shift associated with prior art lenses.
Owner:MAUI JIM

Method for detecting skin colors and pigmentation situation of skin

The invention provides a method for detecting skin colors and the pigmentation situation of skin. The effect of conducting color division on a skin image in a Lab color space is superior to a skin color dividing effect in an RGB color space. Especially when skin colors have similar brightness values and different tone values, division is very difficult in the RGB color space, but a good division effect is achieved in the Lab color space. In addition, more edge noise can be removed after the skin image is subjected to median filtering treatment. Furthermore, the exposure gain and white balance parameters of an image acquisition device to be calibrated are adjusted in the mode of establishing a standard device till the differences between testing component values and standard threshold values are smaller than the same error value. The lighting influence is effectively overcome, skin colors in the skin image is accurately divided, and the pigmentation situation of the skin is analyzed.
Owner:SHEN ZHEN COSBEAUTY CO LTD

Recipe calculation method for matt color shades

The present invention provides a colour recipe calculation method for matt finished, solid colour shades, by means of which it is possible to determine the proportion of matting agents in a colour recipe in a manner decoupled from the actual calculation of the recipe and is based on a conventional spectrophotometric characterization of a matt sample using a standardised 45° / 0° measurement geometry along with an established gloss measurement, or alternatively using a spectrophotometer equipped with a d / 8° measurement geometry and analyzing readings taken with the specular component included and excluded.
Owner:AXALTA COATING SYST IP CO LLC

Ink set

An ink set, including at least three colors of ink consisting of a yellow ink, in which the hue angle ∠H° defined in the CIELAB color space on a recording medium is within the range of about 80° C. to about 110° C., magenta ink, in which the hue angle ∠H° is within the range of about 330° to about 360°, and a cyan ink, in which the hue angle ∠H° is within the range of about 230° to about 260°, and the following ink (A) and the following ink (B): ink (A): ink in which the hue angle ∠H° is within the range of about 0° to about 80°; and, ink (B): ink in which the hue angle ∠H° is within the range of about 0° to about 80° (wherein, the ink (A) has higher chroma and lower brightness than the magenta ink, the ink (B) has higher chroma and higher brightness than the magenta ink and has higher chroma and lower brightness than the yellow ink, the hue angle (∠H°) is determined according to ∠H°=tan−1(b* / a*) +180 (when a*<0) or according to ∠H°=tan−1(b* / a*)+360 (when a*>0), and a* and b* represent a perceptive chromaticity index in the CIELAB color space).
Owner:SEIKO EPSON CORP

Multi-level halftone screens

InactiveUS20110141525A1Improving color image qualityReducing color grain noiseVisual presentationPictoral communicationPattern recognitionColor image
The present invention relates to methods of improving color image quality by optimization of the gray level screens including blending a plurality of gray level screens to reducing the color grain noise and maintaining larger color gamut for the pictorial color imagery in the color printing systems that utilize gray level (multi-level) printing.
Owner:EASTMAN KODAK CO

A method and apparatus for controlling lightness in colored inkjet inks by means of a transparent white ink composition

A transparent white ink composition is formulated to brighten, lighten and or dilute full-tone primary inkjet colors: cyan; magenta; yellow and black, eliminating the need for ‘light ink’ primary color inks. The transparent white ink is jetted concurrently with reduced amounts of full-tone inks in lighter tonal areas conventionally supported by ‘light ink’ primary inks. Printing ‘light ink’ primary colors using a transparent white ink composition may reduce the number of print channels needed to print all four primary colors and the four ‘light ink’ primary colors. Embodiments of the transparent white ink composition may be solvent- or water-based, drying by evaporation of the carrier fluid. Other embodiments may be radiation-curable ink compositions. An inkjet printer includes print carriage and print head assemblies configured for jetting a primary color ink and the transparent white ink in the same pass in correct proportions to achieve a desired effect.
Owner:ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING

Pigmented wall and ceiling spackle

A wall or other dwelling surface defect repair compound that is pigmented a color that makes it readily distinguishable from the solid surface by its contrasting color. The pigmentation can be a conventional universal latex paint tint, and the compound can be joint compound. By mixing the tint into the joint compound, a colored paste-like mixture results that can be spread over the defect in the wall. Upon hardening, the pigmented mixture is easily seen by a worker who sands the mixture to match the wall's contour, and then primes and / or paints the wall and the mixture. By tinting the compound a color that is distinguishable from the wall's color, the worker can easily find all regions of the wall that require sanding and / or priming prior to painting.
Owner:PROD DESIGN

In-store tintable non-infrared-absorptive paint and stain system

A custom color paint or stain tinting system employs a dark-colored non-infrared-absorptive liquid base paint or stain and a point-of-sale array of concentrated liquid colorants which when dispensed into the base paint or stain provide custom-tinted non-infrared-absorptive paints or stains in lightened shades and a variety of tints. Dark custom-tinted paints or stains are tinted lighter from a dark-colored base, not darker from a white or light colored base as is done in conventional point-of-sale systems.
Owner:SWIMC LLC

Color Cosmetic

A foundation having a shade which covers a wide spectrum of different skin tones and undertones, comprises red and gold interference pigments, which provide a formula that is adaptable to both red and yellow skin undertones. The composition virtually eliminates the risk of application of the wrong foundation color, and provides enhanced color and textural effects, and superior optical performance.
Owner:GUTHY-RENKER

White nanoled without requiring color conversion

A nano-LED containing an array of nano-pillars of different diameters that are distributed over an emission area of an LED chip is capable of emitting broadband and white or nearly white light. Since each pillar emits light at a different wavelength according to its diameter and strain state, the overall emission spectral characteristics of the device is a combination of individual spectrum, giving rise to broadband emission. The spectral shape can be tailored for different shades of white emission, by controlling the distribution of the different diameter nano-pillars. The nano-pillars are patterned by nanosphere lithography.
Owner:VERSITECH LTD

Image processing apparatus, its calibration method, and image processing method

InactiveUS20060061840A1Density variations in an intermediate density region can be preventedColour-separation/tonal-correctionPictoral communicationImaging processingImaging quality
A stable, unicolor intermediate density region in a four-color system is defined by mixing dark and light color recording materials in a six-color system. For this reason, a calibration for the four-color system cannot correct density variations, and a pseudo-contour due to discontinuity of tones is produced in a transition region from the light color recording materials to dark color recording materials included in the intermediate density region, thus considerably deteriorating image quality. The tone characteristics of respective colors are obtained from a patch pattern of respective color recording materials, and a tone correction table used to correct the tones of the respective colors is created on the basis of the tone characteristics of the respective colors. The tone characteristics of primary colors calculated from the tone characteristics of the respective colors with reference to a basic color density characteristic table indicating the density characteristics when the dark and light color recording materials are mixed. A basic color density correction table used to correct the tone characteristics of the primary colors is created with reference to the basic color density characteristic table and the density correction table.
Owner:CANON KK

Optically functional material having hue and luster, preparation of same, and application of same

Provided is an optically functional material. The optically functional material includes a nano-microsphere layer formed by periodically arranged nano-microspheres, which is a closely packed structure, providing the optically functional material with luster. Wherein, the nano-microsphere layer includes colorless, white, gray, black or chromatic nano-microspheres. The optically functional material of the present invention has a suitable Poisson ratio and Mohs hardness within a specific range of values, and can achieve relative independence between the luster and hue, thus obtaining the special effect of randomly mixed and combined luster and hue as required. Further provided is a method of preparing an optically functional material.
Owner:SUZHOU NANO FOREVER MATERIAL TECH

Image display device employing selective or asymmetrical smoothing

An image display device includes a smoothing unit that filters the image data to be displayed. According to one aspect of the invention, only bright parts of the image that are adjacent to dark parts are smoothed, thereby improving the sharpness of dark dots and lines displayed on a bright background. According to another aspect, different primary colors are smoothed with different characteristics, enabling unwanted colored tinges to be removed from the edges of white areas. According to still another aspect, smoothing moves the luminance centroids of all primary colors in a direction in which the display screen is scanned, to reduce ringing effects without needless loss of edge sharpness.
Owner:MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP

Image-forming apparatus and image-forming method for making development using light toner and dark toner with substantially the same hue

In an image-forming apparatus being selectable between a four-color mode forming images using only cyan, magenta, yellow, and black toner and a six-color mode forming images using light cyan and light magenta toner in addition to the four-color toner, by automatically selecting the correction between density correction and gradation correction in the four-color mode and density correction and gradation correction in the six-color mode in accordance with an operation mode of the image-forming apparatus, variations in image density and gradation reproducibility can be effectively corrected for short and long periods in four-color and six-color modes.
Owner:CANON KK

Color migration method of color images

The invention discloses a color migration method of color images. The color migration method is used to adjust the tone of a present color image by taking a specific color image as reference, and the tone of a processed output image is similar to that of the reference image. The color migration method comprises the steps of establishment an intermediate image, meshing and color migration. The method can be used to realize color migration between color images automatically and more effectively without manual intervention, especially a better color migration effect can be obtained under the condition that the tone of the image to be processed is greatly different from that of the reference image.
Owner:WUHAN UNIV

Fiberglass Gel Coat Color Match and Repair System and Method Utilizing a Multi Chamber Dispenser Device

The present invention relates to color matching and repair delivery systems and more particularly to the delivery of a gradient variety of shades of color of a gel coat, resin, and or paint in its liquid form, for the matching and repairing of and to existing colored surface and body structures and in the repair to gel coat and fiberglass surfaces and bodies typically found in and on boats, aircraft, tubs, showers, dock boxes and the like. The general purpose of the present invention relates to a method and delivery system for color matching gel coat to gel coat and fiberglass surfaces. The present invention and system allows users to color match their fiberglass gel coat surface repair by using a kit that eliminates the need for messy mixing of multiple components needed to perform the typical fiberglass gel coat repair. The system dispenser includes multiple chambers or component reservoirs that hold and contain the fiberglass gel coat resin color solution. Chamber number one (the main chamber) contains the “base” color while the remaining chambers contain the tint and shade colors. The multiple chambers form a unit with the attached pumping head. The variable extraction ratio of the base coat color and the tint or shade colors are controlled in the pump action head as it draws or pushes out the specified and chosen color mixing ratio as matched to the accompanied color match card.
Owner:THOMAS JOHN VANGEMERT

Coating compositions that transmit infrared radiation and exhibit color stability and related coating systems

A coating composition suitable for producing coatings that are transparent to infrared radiation and can exhibit color stability, such as a jet black color. The coating compositions include a first tint having a low haze and a second tint having a high haze. The tints include visibly absorbing infrared transparent pigments.
Owner:PPG IND OHIO INC

Process For Predicting Tint Strength Of Coating Compositions By Wet Color Measurement

The present invention is directed to a process for predicting the tint strength of a pigmented coating composition, such as automotive OEM or refinish paint, on a real time basis while it is being made. The tint strength of a coating resulting from a layer, obtained by adding a reference binder to the coating composition, is measured. The process is repeated by subjecting the coating compositions to successive grinding intervals. The tint strength vs. reflectance is plotted on a graph and then by using a curve fitting equation, a tint strength prediction curve is obtained. By measuring the reflectance of a wet layer of a target coating composition, the tint strength of that target coating composition can then be predicted by using the tint strength prediction curve. The process is most useful during the manufacture of coating compositions, such as automotive OEM and refinishes paints.
Owner:EI DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO

Portable color corrected over head dental light to match shades of teeth with true chromatic efficiency and to accelerate tooth whitening

A portable color corrected light for the correct matching of tooth shades and acceleration of tooth whitening has been developed. In order to accurately match the tint and hue (true color) of teeth, the device provides 5500 to 6500 Kelvin, ambient-independent light with the ability to block or overwhelm ambient light to get a precise “color” reading of that tooth. The same light can accelerate the tooth whitening process with the addition of photo-accelerators to increase the decomposition of H2O2 or other peroxide whitening material. In addition, the same light can also serve as a dental operatory light which provides a closer to daylight illumination than conventional halogen dental lights.
Owner:WANG DANIEL +1
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