
Ellipsoid is preferable however, the best tolerance regions are defined when you can affect the size and shape of the ellipsoid to correspond to what is visually acceptable based upon its position within color space. There are multiple tolerancing methods, with each tolerancing equation producing a different shaped “tolerance region.” They can be rectangular, spherical, conical, or ellipsoid. These color tolerances are defined as regions within the color space, which can be shaped differently depending on the tolerancing scheme. Essentially, it is a numerical value that defines what you will accept or reject. Tolerance defines an acceptable level of difference between a color sample and the standard.

Having established a color space, the next - and most critical - variable is color tolerancing. That calculation is basic Euclidian geometry, being the square root of the sum of the squares of the ΔL*, Δa*, Δb* values, describing the distance from the standard to the sample.

The difference, or “distance,” between colors within CIELab is defined as Delta E (DE*).

Colors are mapped along axes that represent different aspects of color such as hue or saturation. Defining color begins with a color space - a three-dimensional model describing a set of colors mathematically in relationship to each other. When managing color, there are a variety of systems that mathematically describe colors. In order to do this, one first needs to understand how color is described and defined. In order to fully understand the shortcomings of a particular color tolerancing formula, it is essential to understand how it compares with other tolerancing schemes and what its relationship is to visual assessment. Although a change of this magnitude would be challenging, the transition would alleviate many of the shortcomings inherent to older color space calculations for Delta E, while also increasing efficiencies, saving time, and reducing waste. In order to keep up with the times and rectify these color shortcomings, the plastics industry would be wise to standardize the use of the CMC or CIE2000 DE* formulas. This greatly impacts color development and matching capabilities, leading to production inefficiencies and other challenges. That is because the plastics industry relies upon antiquated color space calculations and tolerancing schemes for determination of color quality, such as CIE 1976 DE* (spherical tolerancing), which does not agree with visual assessment. Despite this widespread integration, the plastics industry lags alarmingly behind textiles when it comes to one important factor - color tolerancing. The solution has something in common with the Tolerance album, but that is all I can tell you.There is increasing crossover between plastics and textiles, particularly in the apparel and footwear sectors where these two materials intersect in new and ever-ubiquitous ways. Part 4 of the MP3 identification contest is still open for another week. You can get a bit more info on Tolerance, listen to an excerpt of Divin, and probably still order the vinyl at Mimaroglu Music. While this LP is impossible to find, their second album Divin was reissued (again on vinyl) and might still be available. Side B: laughin in the shadows | through the glass | tecno-room | Voyage au bout de la nuit Side A: Two Owls | I wanna be a homicide | osteo-tomy | JUIN-Irénée | anonym This album has been posted in an incomplete version on the (excellent) Direct Waves blog, so I thought it would be a good idea to repost it here in its entirety. The band was a duo from Japan called Tolerance, and the track was Voyage au bout de la nuit from their first LP Anonym, recorded in 1979, released 1980 on Vanity Records.

It is now time to give away the solution. Two weeks ago I posted part 3 of the hippie noise MP3 identification contest, and I am sorry to say that nobody won the big prize.
