Quantitative Values for Paper Colours.

The article provides information on the colour, showing how quantitative values can add precision in the description of paper. It also discusses the significance of the Paper Sample Book published by the Print Council of America in 1996 as a useful reference in the tactile qualities of paper. Samples of the Print Council paper were scanned into the computer. The results showed that if many of those prints can be scanned, standards might be set for each type of paper evaluated. Another is that, historically significant impressions could be scanned through recto and verso process to generate a set of colour values unique to that particular sheet of paper.