E.i. Dupont De Nemours and Company

Axalta Coating Systems IP Co LLC

David H Alman

Allan F Falcoff

Robert Vincent Canning, Jr

David Lee Griffus

Mary C Slayton

The present disclosure is directed to a system for displaying and designing one or more colors on digital display devices, non-digital display media, or a combination thereof. The system can comprise one or more comparative colors, background colors, or a combination thereof for improved color visual comparison. The system can be used for comparing and selecting colors, such as for use in fashion color designs, automotive color designs, architecture color designs, appliance color designs, or a combination thereof. This disclosure is further directed to a kit and a method for displaying and producing one or more colors.

Process for displaying and designing colors

An apparatus, and method of use thereof, for multiangular visual evaluations of color properties of paint color samples which contain metallic flakes, comprising a cylindrical or semi-cylindrical shaped body capable of securing a color sample panel upon the central axis, wherein the circumference of the body has a partially glossy or mirrored reflective surface, and also has one or more marks indicating specific aspecular viewing angles relative to the plane of a color sample panel, thus allowing for improved correlation between visual and instrumental color evaluations of coated surfaces which contain metallic flakes.

Aspecular multi-angle protractor for evaluating a surface containing metallic particles

A process for forming paint panel color standards in which a multiplicity of panels are painted and marked with a man/machine readable ID number; the improvement used with this process is as follows:

Color panel standards sorting system

An improved method for instrumentally characterizing the optical properties of a surface containing metallic particles such as a paint containing metallic flakes by using multiangular spectrophotometric or colormetric measurements to derive color constants for the paint, wherein the improvement comprises using three multiangular measurements, preferably 15.degree., 45.degree. and 110.degree. as measured from the specular angle.

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Royal Oak, MI, United States of America

David H Alman