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alexnpark t1_iyjhhe3 wrote

I worked at a screen printing plant and to match specific color standards for our ink formulas, we would use a spectrophotometer to measure a swatch in a few different color gamuts. There’s a bunch of standards that each have their pros/cons, but it was a fantastic tool for setting specific lighting scenarios and measuring digital color values from the sample. (Which could later be brought into Adobe for whatever)

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Edea-VIII t1_iylv4tc wrote

Exactly this. In the printing industry, not only the correct ratios of toner mix, but the saturation levels are calibrated with a spectrometer. If the RGB value of a desired color is known (and not just perceived) the output can then be measured for a match.

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