John the Math Guy

06/04/2019

I presented a paper at TAGA in March on standardization of one spectro to look like another. The final paper is done and available on ResearchGate.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333610317_Update_to_Evaluation_of_Reference_Materials_for_Standardization_of_Spectrophotometers

02/12/2019

I'm a day late in posting this, but today should also be tge International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

Math and Color Science with a Liberal Sprinkling of Goofy Humor!

01/31/2019

The color name conundrum .. I share a painful and recurring argument with my wife to prove that color names are ambiguous. This is a copy of my keynote address at the ISCC Munsell Conference last July.
https://johnthemathguy.blogspot.com/2019/01/the-color-name-conundrum.html

01/21/2019

The program for the joint TAGA/ISCC 2019 conference is available online. Here is a color-related rundown:

The pre-conference on Saturday is a fun interactive workshop entitled "Josef Albers's Color Experiments".

One of the four keynotes on Sunday is related to the workshop. Fritz Horstman will talk about "Interacting with Color: The Art and Teaching of Josef Albers".

On Monday, there will be 10 papers related to color, including a session on textile printing with inkjet, and one on expanded gamut printing.

Tuesday will feature 8 papers on color.

This will be an excellent conference for chromaphiles!!

Working directly from Albers’s teaching notes and student recollections, Albers Foundation educator Fritz Horstman will lead experiments such as “make one color become two” and “the four color worlds”. Josef Albers’ color course was legendary. The Bauhaus master, who also was director of...

01/05/2019

Ever wonder how they come up with the Color of the Year? Here is a rare inside glimpse at the process!

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11/27/2018

My blog has just surpassed 125K visits! Here is the most recent post:

Math and Color Science with a Liberal Sprinkling of Goofy Humor!

11/06/2018

I will be speaking at the B*k Gardner User's Group meeting on Thursday, Nov. 8 in Dearborn. Topic: statistical process control of color.

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