(Downloadable Schedule with Breakouts) |
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2022 |
8:00 AM | Welcome—Diana Wyman, AATCC Executive Vice President |
8:15 | Color Basics: Balancing Theory and Application—Jean Hoskin, SJH Designs
This session will address basic color principles and the color experience components of light source, object, environment, and observer. Topics will include descriptive color terminology, color space and protocols for consistency. These will be applied to instrumental measurement, calculations of color difference, and tolerances. The advantages of visual and instrumental evaluation will be presented with a summary of best practices. |
9:15 | Color Communication—Tim Williams, Color Solutions International
Color is one of the key influential buying components for the consumer. Designers spend hours studying trends, analyzing color and shopping key markets in order to identify and assemble their seasonal color palette for their target customer. During this session we will review the key steps necessary to provide accurate color communication from the designer’s inspiration to the supply chain. |
10:15 | Break |
10:30 | Training a Color Approval Team—Jean Hoskin, SJH Designs
Color evaluation for production includes the evaluation of lab and production dyeings, print strike offs, or woven patterns. Preparing color technicians to perform instrumental evaluations requires an understanding of color space, color difference, and descriptive comments for correction. Visual evaluation in a light booth requires understanding of the visual environment, sample positioning, and perception. This presentation will introduce the procedures color technicians can use to make confident color decisions, explain some of the challenges of color comments based on measurements and give visual examples of color relativity that impact accuracy, such as simultaneous contrast, after image, optical mixture, and assimilation. |
11:30 | Understanding Whites and other Fluorescent Materials—Chris Hipps, Archroma
This presentation will discuss the unique requirements for both visually and instrumentally viewing and controlling the color of optically brightened whites and other fluorescent materials. Because of the unique properties of fluorescent colorants, special considerations are required to properly and effectively view and measure these materials. The lighting conditions needed, and instrumental procedures will be explained as well as the metrics used for rating differences. Issues with new lighting types in relation to these materials will also be discussed. |
12:15 PM | Lunch |
1:00 | Fundamentals of Dyeing and Challenges to Meet Performance Standards—Fred Gliddon, Archroma
This presentation will include the fundamentals of the major dye classes and application parameters to the respective fibers, types of equipment used in production, and challenges often involved in meeting performance specifications. |
2:00 | Breakout A: Illumination and Observer Issues
Facilitators: Jean Hoskin (lead) and Tim Williams
•Describe/demonstrate Best Practice for visual evaluation of color difference
•Use samples, light booth, and Simultaneous Color Viewer to demonstrate color
inconstancy and lead discussion of consequences of color inconstant standards.
•Show Farnsworth-Munsell Color Vision Test, describe its use
•Show AATCC Gray Scales, describe their use | Breakout B: Sample Analysis and Measurement Technique
Facilitators: Chris Hipps (lead) and Carol Revels
•Proper Procedures for good measurements
•How to deal with different materials
•How to select procedures for specific required uses | Breakout C: Implementing Virtual Development in a Digital Workflow
Facilitators: Ken Butts (lead) and Andrew Fraser
•What is virtual development?
•Monitor/printer profiling – applications and limitations
•Digital color from design through formulation |
3:00 | Break |
3:15 | Breakout A: Illumination and Observer Issues | Breakout B: Sample Analysis and Measurement Technique | Breakout C: Implementing Virtual Development in a Digital Workflow |
4:15 | Breakout A: Illumination and Observer Issues | Breakout B: Sample Analysis and Measurement Technique | Breakout C: Implementing Virtual Development in a Digital Workflow |
5:15 | Q&A Session |
5:30 | Adjourn |
5:30 - 6:30 | Networking Reception |
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2022 |
8:00 AM | Color and Lighting: Control, Efficiency, and Compliance—Andrew Fraser, LKH Sourcing
Light sources are changing. Regulations around the world are driving improved energy efficiency, technological developments result in more choices, and businesses respond to on-going pressure to reduce operating costs. In the past, the choice of commercial lighting technologies was mostly limited to incandescent bulbs, CWF-style fluorescent tubes, tri-phosphor fluorescent tubes, and various forms of natural or simulated daylight. Today, residential and commercial customers have far more choices, with additional technologies becoming commercially viable in the near future. This presentation will review various current and emerging lighting technologies, our methods for assessing them, and the practical implications of using the technologies to view colored objects. |
8:55 | Supply Chain Conformance—Why Don’t my Numbers Match Yours?—Ken R. Butts, Datacolor
This session will focus on how to implement a digital color program with suppliers. The concepts of color guidebooks, standard best practices in color measurement, communication, visual assessments, along with ideas on supplier certification/accreditation requirements will be covered. Also included is accreditation program successes (and challenges) and global color management. Factors that contribute to poor agreement in digital color exchange will be discussed - measurement technique, instrument variation, sample conditioning, and the human factor. |
9:50 | Break |
10:05 | The Cost of Color Quality—Andrew Fraser, LKH Sourcing
This presentation will look at the unforeseen cost of Color Quality from many perspectives. Why do we follow a process that is broken? Why do we do the things that we are doing?…..” That is the way we have always done it!” This is what our customer is asking for!!!!………..Really? Have you read the latest Color Manual Update from our Customer?
It will address:
• The Actual Cost of Dyeing a lab dip and getting it to the Retailer
• The actual time it takes to get a lab dip or bulk approval
• The pitfalls of sending inferior submissions – Time – Money – Resources
• The pitfalls we fall into that create the mess we call the color process |
11:00 | The Evolution and Revolution of Global Color Management—Carol T. Revels, Lands’ End Inc.
This presentation will discuss the many facets of color management and what we can do – big or small – to drive improvement. Anything from tweaking processes and improving communication to tackling color workflow management, print/pattern color management, bulk color management, or mill accreditation for self-approval – all have value in reducing time, costs, and improving quality. |
11:50 | Lunch |
12:40 PM | Ultra-Portable Color Measurement: A Spectro in Your Pocket?—Ken R. Butts, Datacolor
With the introduction of ultra-portable color measuring devices, the need for designers to purchase garments – or discreetly cut a corner – may be coming to an end. The promise of these devices is that designers can easily measure inspiration colors at the fashion show or in the competitor’s store and quickly determine whether or not the color is in their own library or available from a color standards provider. This session will review the possibilities and limitations of ultra-portable color measurement, not only for design but as a potential low-cost QC tool for some supply chains. |
1:40 | Break Out 1: Processes and Technologies for Better Color Control in the Supply Chain
Facilitators: Tim Williams (lead) and Chris Hipps
•What specifiers need to know to better communicate with suppliers about color control
•Things to know about dye selection, formulation and dyeing processes for better color control
•Who should be making these decisions?
•How this can lead to more efficient product development | Breakout 2: Realities of Color Management in Retail
Facilitators: Ken Butts (lead), Carol Revels, and Andrew Fraser
•Real-world challenges/successes in retail/apparel implementation of digital color management
•Global process standardization in the supply chain
•Effective color management in multi-sourced programs
•Moving beyond labdips to production performance monitoring | |
2:40 | Break |
2:55 | Break Out 1: Processes and Technologies for Better Color Control in the Supply Chain | Breakout 2: Realities of Color Management in Retail | |
3:55 | Q&A Session |
4:15 | Closing Remarks and Adjourn |