Color for interior architecture

✍ Scribed by Tatsuya Yoshizawa

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 30 KB
• Volume: 27
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0361-2317
• DOI: 10.1002/col.10054

✦ Synopsis

This is the second and expanded edition of the unique work of Dr. Vo ¨lz, covering both the theoretical and practical aspects of the testing of pigments. It is divided into two parts: Principles and Test Methods. The section on Principles provides a strong basis for the understanding of colorimetry as well as the theory related to the testing of pigments. It has an interesting treatment of the mathematical statistics of color coordinates, which leads to establishing acceptability limits for testing pigments. Each chapter in this section has historical and bibliographic notes, which gives the reader citations for further explanation. It is not surprising that the majority of the references are in German, leaving out most English-speaking people. Chapters that involve mathematics have a list of the symbols used.

The second section, Test Methods, gives a number of detailed methods useful for testing both colored and white pigments. It is obvious that the given examples come from the extensive experience of the author, so the reader can be assured that the procedures are workable. In addition, there is an appendix that lists many standards that describe these test methods for standardizing bodies, such as ISO, ASTM, BS, NF, BS, and DIN. This is a book that can be unqualifiedly recommended to workers, students, and faculty who are interested in the control and characterization of pigments, particularly those used for coating applications. Three minor criticisms can be made of the book: 1) it gives only limited insight into the understanding of how dyes are tested or how dyes on fabric behave; 2) there is little discussion of pigments used in printing ink; and 3) it could use a better set of references that are written in English. Perhaps the word pigment rather than color would be more appropriate in the title.