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Fundamentals of Color and Appearance

X-Rite Pantone

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The Fundamentals of Color and Appearance is an interactive online course, where you will gain a solid foundation in color and appearance science. From the physics of color to lighting, spectrophotometers and color data, you will learn how to measure, view, and communicate color.
This class is designed for all industries and individuals who are quality control and assurance professionals, lab technicians, parts suppliers, manufacturing specifiers, designers and anyone who evaluates or approves color.

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Beginner Level

QC and QA professionals, lab technicians, parts suppliers, manufacturing specifiers, designers or anyone who evaluates or approves color

Approx. 7 hours to complete

English

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Skills you will gain

Color Theory
Lighting
color communication
Spectrophotometers

Flexible deadlines

Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.

Shareable Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion

100% online

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Coursera Labs

Includes hands on learning projects.

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Beginner Level

QC and QA professionals, lab technicians, parts suppliers, manufacturing specifiers, designers or anyone who evaluates or approves color

Approx. 7 hours to complete

English

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Instructor

Tim Mouw

Applications Engineering & Technical Support Manager

1,359 Learners

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X-Rite Pantone

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1

Week 1

1 hour to complete

Course Introduction

1 hour to complete

1 reading

Week2

Week 2

1 hour to complete

Color Communication

When we describe color to another person, our mind creates a mental picture of the color we are trying to communicate. That person will formulate their own mental picture of that same color, which can lead to subjectivity, misunderstandings, and rework. In this first section, you will learn more about the impact of ineffective color communication and how individuals differ in their perceptions of color.

1 hour to complete

Week3

Week 3

1 hour to complete

Visual Color

1 hour to complete

Week4

Week 4

2 hours to complete

What is Color?

In the first two sections of this course we learned a lot about our eyes and tied everything together with a close look at the work done by Albert Munsell. We now know, beyond all doubt, that color is three-dimensional. In this next section, we will start to get a bit more scientific and learn about the three elements of color. Don’t worry, you will not need to learn the math; however, it is necessary that you understand the history that makes it possible to accurately and reliably measure color.

2 hours to complete

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Fundamentals of Color and Appearance

Fundamentals of Color and Appearance

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