Digital BW, The Print

Hi Gary,

Your dictionary is correct, just a little off in it's context. This from a
color science glossary.

Metamerism
A metamer which match each other under one set of conditions but mismatch
when viewed under another.

Metameric Colour Samples (Metamer)
A pair of colours which differ spectrally but which yield the same or
similar tristimulus values under at least one set of viewing conditions.

You may find this interesting:
http://www.tssphoto.com/sp/dg/2000p/metamerism.html

Then again... I kinda like the lobster definition better ;-)  Sometimes my
color prints shift color so drastically you'd swear I'd cooked them!


Carolyn


> Well, I finally got around to pulling out the dictionary a few
> moments ago and now I'm thoroughly perplexed.  I'm guessing that I
> need a better dictionary because my copy of the American Heritage
> Dictionary defines metamerism as: "The condition of having the body
> divided into metameres".  Ok.....well then, it goes on to define
> metamere as: "One of a series of homologous body segments, as in
> worms and lobsters".
> Anyone got a better definition of metamerism at hand?  Maybe from a
> complete set of the Oxford English Unabridged Dictionary 20+
> volumes?  American Heritage just doesn't cut the mustard.  ;-)