Instructor: David R. Wyble, Gray Sky Imaging, Inc.
Level: Introductory
Duration: 2 hours
Course Date/Time: Monday, June 19 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM

Benefits:
This course enables the attendee to:

• Understand the terminology of calibration and applications for color measurements.
• Understand the best practices for color measurements.
• Interpret measurement results, and the implications of the various parameters in CIELAB calculations.
• Understand some of the processes of managing an array of instruments across an organization.

Course Description:
This class is your best practices guide for color measurement. To help us all speak the same color language, we start by defining the terms describing the instruments and quantities used in color measurement. Besides instrumentation, you also need to know about what you actually measure: samples and sample preparation. After you take that measurement, you get data, and probably lots of it. You’ve probably heard of RGB data, but that is not going to be as useful as you might think. We learn about color spaces that can relate the instrument data to how people see colors—the ultimate goal of color measurement. We discuss how to incorporate the data into a program that operates within your other work processes, and how to track the performance of your instruments: How do they compare with each other? Are they consistent over time? We call this managing a measurement program. When we are done, you should understand how to take a measurement (there will be real instruments on hand), how to interpret color data (we will take measurements and look at the results), and how to track and compare instruments over time. This course is intended to prepare attendees for SC10 Advanced Concepts in Color Measurement.

Intended Audience:
Anyone responsible for making or interpreting color measurements, or managing those that do. A technical background is not required, although an understanding of basic scientific principles is very helpful.

David R. Wyble is president of Avian Rochester, LLC, and president and co-founder of Gray Sky Imaging, Inc. Founded in 2022, Gray Sky Imaging provides consulting and product development to improve the imaging capabilities of the library, archiving, and museum fields. Prior to founding Avian Rochester in 2011, Wyble was a color scientist within the Munsell Color Science Laboratory at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He holds a BS in computer science and an MS and PhD in color science from RIT and Chiba University, respectively.