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Fade test: Museo v. EAM

2001-08-31 by Paul Roark

I ran a fade test in my florescent light fader comparing Museo with Epson
Archival Matte.

The short summary is that Museo color shifts 10% less than Archival Matte,
but fades 30% more.  While EAM does a rather quick 2 unit (on the 256 scale)
yellowing (which stabilizes there), Museo kept it's perfect white up to the
200 hour point that I ended the test.

Because the color shifting is more noticeable than the fading, the Museo has
a slight visual advantage from those two factors.  Of course, it's 4% weaker
blacks are a disadvantage in shots where that is an issue.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com

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