Interesting. Nicely done.

Joseph Schwartz Good discussion

Karen Boyd, ASQ CQA Agreed- glad to see you addressed color blindness. I often see companies implement color-coding techniques in manufacturing / inspection settings. The question of any color blind staff comes to mention, as alternate signifiers or methods may be necessary to ensure consistent, quality results.

Interesting article! Having married a colour blind model maker it’s very interesting how they can still determine excellent colour choice/colourmating without necessarily seeing the correct colour! This however does not always help when a specific colour has to be selected.

Eric R. Larson Karen, your comment seems to be addressed to me, but I can't take credit for that article, as I didn't write it.

I do agree with your comments on color blindness. It also makes me think about the overall manufacturing / inspection process for color. Sometimes, the inspectors (the viewers) are not checked for color blindness, nor are they tested for 20/20 vision, or for the ability to consistently identify visual defects. On top of that, lighting and viewing conditions are often not accurately defined (lighting source, intensity, viewing distance, viewing angle, viewing duration, etc.).

I thought the white paper addressed the technical issues quite well, and provided some useful guidelines to ensure quality results.

Thanks for sharing !

Interesting article, nicely done.