Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 1/28/07 4:16:03 PM, michael3442@... writes:


> So, I guess I should determine what color temp. is considered a
> standard for galleries displaying photographs. Is there a standard for
> galleries?
> 

No, there is no gallery standard; images may be under anything from tungsten 
or other very yellow lightsources, to very blue light skylight (or a varying 
mix of the two, try balancing for that!) Both amounts of UV and the general 
warm/cool balance will effect how yellow or "bright" (blued papers look bright, 
not blue) a paper will look, and more detailed variations in amount of light at 
various wavelengths will have more subtle effects on colors in your images. 
This is far less of an issue with B&W these days, as special inksets, or even 
the OEM inks in the latest graphics prints are quite stable under differing 
light sources, but this is still a problem with color prints, and should 
definately be factored into media choices as well.

C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision Business Unit
Datacolor Inc.
CDTobie@...
www.colorvision.com


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