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at a very high quality (albeit limited color gamuts), their value would be greatly<br />

enhanced if they could be made more permanent. Therefore, when a typical user<br />

makes a print, what assurances are there that a <strong>on</strong>ce vibrant color print will appear<br />

equally as vivid l<strong>on</strong>g after it was printed? Ink manufacturers are able to c<strong>on</strong>trol<br />

the initial materials (as artists do), but wish to minimize any future change in the<br />

colorant (as c<strong>on</strong>servati<strong>on</strong>ists do). This problem is a very active research area for<br />

digital imaging <strong>and</strong> printing today.<br />

In all of these cases, the goal is to find ways to predict the appearance of<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>pigmented</str<strong>on</strong>g> materials through <strong>time</strong>. In our research, we study paint appearance in<br />

perceptually uniform color spaces, showing very significant perceptual differences<br />

in two domains: the appearance of paint changes over <strong>time</strong>; <strong>and</strong> the appearance<br />

of <strong>on</strong>e <str<strong>on</strong>g>pigmented</str<strong>on</strong>g> colorant varies when dispersed in different materials.<br />

The thesis is organized in the following manner: Chapter 2 provides an overview<br />

of traditi<strong>on</strong>al artist materials <strong>and</strong> how microscopic events c<strong>on</strong>tribute to the overall<br />

appearance of the surface of a painting. Chapter 3 covers the relati<strong>on</strong>ship between<br />

light, paint, <strong>and</strong> our percepti<strong>on</strong> of color. Previous work related to simulating the<br />

overall appearance of translucent materials (such as paint) <strong>and</strong> research <strong>on</strong> natural<br />

changes in <str<strong>on</strong>g>pigmented</str<strong>on</strong>g> materials are detailed in Chapter 4. Chapter 5 describes<br />

our research process, including the preparati<strong>on</strong> <strong>and</strong> measurement of the paint<br />

samples. The experimental results are presented in Chapter 6 <strong>and</strong> we introduce an<br />

interactive program to simulate the appearance of arbitrary paints in Chapter 7.<br />

C<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>and</strong> applicati<strong>on</strong>s are addressed in Chapter 8.<br />

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