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Chapter 5<br />

Preparati<strong>on</strong> & Measurement<br />

5.1 Sample creati<strong>on</strong><br />

To study the n<strong>on</strong>linear relati<strong>on</strong>ship of paint appearance with varying pigments<br />

<strong>and</strong> binding <strong>media</strong> over <strong>time</strong>, a number of paint samples were created. Pure<br />

pigments were dispersed in a number of different binding <strong>media</strong> <strong>and</strong> each applied<br />

to a primed piece of canvas. Great care was taken to make sure the samples were<br />

of the highest quality. The diffuse reflectance of each sample was measured over<br />

the visible spectrum at different intervals in <strong>time</strong>.<br />

5.1.1 Importance of h<strong>and</strong>made samples<br />

Historically, painters knew their pigments intimately, as they would h<strong>and</strong> select<br />

materials from reliable sources <strong>and</strong> mix their paints by h<strong>and</strong>. After the introduc-<br />

ti<strong>on</strong> of commercial paint manufacturing, artists were separated from this process<br />

<strong>and</strong> bought tube colors without knowledge of their origin. Further obscuring the<br />

origin of their pigments, paint manufacturers sold their colors under c<strong>on</strong>fusing <strong>and</strong><br />

some<strong>time</strong>s misleading proprietary names. The practice of documenting the exact<br />

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