Abstract

Color variation with respect to dot misregister is a phenomenon that has long been observed in the color printing industry. In this paper the relationship between dot misregister and color change in dot-on-dot multicolor halftone printing has been investigated for the additive primaries red, green and blue. By measuring the color difference between in and out-of-register dots the direction of color shift and its magnitude can be determined along with the decrease in lightness of out-of-register samples. Misregistered red and green samples displayed a yellow color shift and misregistered blue samples displayed a purple color shift. The lightness of all samples also decreased with misregister relative to their respective in register samples. By using the theoretical Neugebauer equations the tristimulus values of a halftone color can be mathematically determined. Raising these theoretically determined tristimulus values to an nth power gives the actual tristimulus values of a sample. In this study the n-value was determined to be 0.971 + 0.022.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Color printing; Photoengraving--Halftone process

Publication Date

4-13-1984

Document Type

Thesis

Department, Program, or Center

School of Photographic Arts and Sciences (CIAS)

Advisor

Granger, Edward

Comments

Note: imported from RIT’s Digital Media Library running on DSpace to RIT Scholar Works. Physical copy available through RIT's The Wallace Library at: Z258.V37 1984

Campus

RIT – Main Campus

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