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Chapter 8<br />

C<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong><br />

We have studied the variati<strong>on</strong> in paint appearance over <strong>time</strong> in different binding<br />

<strong>media</strong>. We created a vast amount of high quality paint samples from many pure<br />

pigments <strong>and</strong> different binding <strong>media</strong>. These were made by h<strong>and</strong> to insure quality<br />

of materials, as commercially manufactured paint frequently includes additives that<br />

could possibly affect the chroma or lightness of the hue. Therefore, to maintain<br />

c<strong>on</strong>sistency across multiple binding <strong>media</strong>, it was imperative that all paints were<br />

<strong>on</strong>ly made of pigment <strong>and</strong> binder.<br />

Using sophisticated measuring equipment, we captured the reflectance spectra<br />

of the paint samples at different intervals in <strong>time</strong> to study how paint appearance<br />

changes over the course of drying/c<strong>on</strong>gealing <strong>and</strong> the beginning stages of aging.<br />

Diffuse reflectance measurements were taken over the visible spectrum after the<br />

samples were freshly painted, after <strong>on</strong>e day, <strong>on</strong>e week, <strong>on</strong>e m<strong>on</strong>th, three m<strong>on</strong>ths<br />

<strong>and</strong> six m<strong>on</strong>ths after they were painted. C<strong>on</strong>verting the spectral data into per-<br />

ceptually uniform color spaces, we determined the differences in appearance were<br />

perceptually very significant–paint appearance does vary substantially with <strong>time</strong><br />

<strong>and</strong> pigments look drastically different when dispersed in different binding mate-<br />

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