1997 Inter-Society Color with Cancer talked about how ''Medicine Cures the Body, Council Annual Meeting and but Art Heals the Spirit.'' She discussed the workshops offered at the Creative Center for Women with Cancer the Color & Appearance and how color played in the artwork created before and Division of the Society after the cancer diagnosis. The title of Leonhard Oberof Plastics Engineers ascher's talk, from the Institut fu ยจr Angewandte Okologische Psychologie, Salzburg, Austria, was ''Full-Scale The Inter-Society Color Council (ISCC) annual meeting Modeling of Color in Architectural Design.'' Visualizawas held in conjunction with the Color & Appearance tion and simulation of architectural design are key tools Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers (CAD/SPE) used in the design process. His research suggests that the in Baltimore, Maryland on September 14-17, 1997. The visual, cognitive, and emotional behavioral effects of program combined ISCC project committee papers, intercolor in architectural space generally remain unclear unest group sessions, a poster section, and CAD/SPE paless simulated under full-scale modeling conditions. The pers. final talk on ''Clients and Color'' was given by Magenta The theme of the Education Committee papers related Yglesias. She discussed how an interior designer selects to color-vision deficiencies or impairment. The first paper, the ''right'' color, which will have a positive response given by Joel Pokorny from the Visual Sciences Center from the client. A poster session was held during the of University of Chicago, was ''Congenital and Acquired cocktail hour. Color Vision Deficiencies.'' He reviewed the causes and Monday began with the Interest Group on Industrial nature of color-vision deficiencies, and how they are diag-Applications of Color, chaired by Richard Harold from nosed. The nature of these deficiencies can be related HunterLab. The first paper was given by Barry Rubin of to the alteration of either the Long, Middle, or Short Dupont on ''New Iridescent Fabrics.'' A mathematical wavelength sensitive cone opsins. Cynthia A. Brewer ray trace model was developed to predict the interaction from the Department of Geography of Pennsylvania State of light with synthetic fiber of arbitrary cross-sectional University and Judy M. Olson from Michigan State Unishape and was verified with actual fabrics. The model versity's Department of Geography authored a paper,
revealed a new method of making fabrics iridescent by ''Designing Color Displays for Color Vision Impairusing concentric, round sheath/core fibers, with core size ment.'' They applied research from vision science to carless than or equal to 30% by volume of the entire fiber. tography to guide the selection of map colors, such that David L. Spooner of rhoMetric Associates discussed they can be interpreted by people with red-green color-''The Colorimetry of Holograms: Flake Pigment.'' An vision deficiencies. Different color and line schemes were experimental flake made from simple ground holographic tested for response times between impaired and normal photopolymer optical gratings produces angular color map readers. Accommodating schemes leveled the perforcharacteristics, which are very different from metal and mance times between the two groups. The final Education pearlescent flakes. At, or near, the specular angle, the Committee paper was given by John S. Werner from the pigment reflects like a metal flake, but becomes nearly Department of Psychology of the University of Colorado.
transparent when viewed at angles away from specular. His talk was titled, ''Aging Through the Eyes of Monet.'' Glenn C. Miller of Rochester Institute of Technology Monet's paintings and vision changed throughout his life reported on ''Correlating Visual Observations and Instruspan. Recent studies suggest that the visual system adapts ment Measurements for Materials of Different Surface to normal lens changes and actively rebalances the sensi-Properties.'' His results suggest that viewing conditions tivity of color mechanisms to support constancy of color perception across one's life span. for samples of varying surface texture should be matched The Art, Design, and Psychology Interest Group seswith specific instrument geometries to better correlate vision was chaired by Shashi Caan and Curt Fritzeen. Allen sual lightness judgments with instrumental measure-M. Granda from the Department of Biological Sciences ments. The next paper, by Odeda Rosenthal, was titled of the University of Delaware discussed ''Vision and ''Color Blindness is Not a Joke.'' She is a color vision Communication'' and explored how vision is initiated consultant and differentiated between the colors confused and how it relies on communication between the physical by inherited versus acquired colorblind groups. The final world and the inner personal world of neural processes. paper was presented by Tien Rein Lee, of New York University's Department of Culture and Communications. His talk was titled ''Exploring the Possibility of a Device-