Maine Broadcast Television, Print Advertising

Finding ‘Perfect’ Color

September 8th, 2009 by Mike

The idea that today’s color-management technology is capable of giving you “perfect” color is a myth. There’s no such thing as perfection when it comes to color; too many variables are involved that affect how we see color-including viewing conditions, temperature, humidity, paper and ink properties, and so on. Also entering into the mix is the fact that no two individuals see color in exactly the same way; each person’s brain processes and then interprets the various wavelengths of light (“color”) differently.

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I moved to Maine when I was 16 years old. I got my start as a feeder operator on a press. After a side step into the dying art of letterpress printing (which I quite enjoyed), I moved into film-based prepress. Building on that experience I then jumped head-first into digital prepress. I came on board at Spire Express in 2000, staying quite busy for some time doing imagesetting. Now here I am on the other side of yet another transition (away from silver-based imaging), working to stay on my toes with new technologies and media. When I'm not working, I enjoy playing the fiddle and banjo. Portland is a great town in which to work and play music.

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