Standard Printing Color Identification System

Abstract

The Department of Defense - Mapping, Charting, and Geodesy (DOD-MC+G) Color Identification System for Lithographic Printing is broad enough in scope to include and catalog all colors in a logical, orderly arrangement. Under this system, lithographic colors are assigned numbers which are descriptive of the color values. The system is based on international values as seen by an international standard observer and illuminant. The CIE description of color is applied as the basis for color identification. This report also describes the means of applying color values to an ink formulation and specification system for the manufacture/blending of color matched lithographic inks. The ink formulation is based on using eight basic colors plus black and white. Blending these in specified parts can produce virtually all ink colors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0739971

Entities

People

  • John V. Loser
  • Otto C. Stoessel

Organizations

  • Aeronautical Chart and Information Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Blending
  • Department Of Defense
  • Identification
  • Identification Systems
  • Illuminants
  • Inks
  • Language
  • Measurement
  • Observers
  • Printing
  • Reflectance
  • Specific Gravity
  • Specifications
  • Standards
  • United States

Readers

  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.