Color & Its Reproduction (Hardcover)

by Gary G. Field (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Provides a fundamental, theoretical understanding of color and color reproduction. It should be read by anyone who needs to make intelligent decisions about color.

From the Inside Flap
Color and Its Reproduction is a comprehensive guide to color and its reproduction--in theory and in practice. This authoritative text is ideal for all those who must make informed judgments about color reproduction quality--graphic arts professionals, technical specialists, and print buyers. More than 40% of this revised edition is new; 15 chapters cover all aspects of the field in-depth, including: color theory, color systems, color perception fundamentals, color measurement, color printing, color reproduction objectives, color separation, color proofing, color communication, and color quality strategy.

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Hardcover: 475 pages
• Publisher: Gatf Press; 2nd Rev edition (March 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0883622017
• ISBN-13: 978-0883622018
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,519,593 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get Color, September 8, 2000

By A Customer

No way would I take COLOR AND ITS REPRODUCTION off my shelf of all-time excellent reading except for the next update. The author says the best printed image steers clear of dot gain, goes in for trapping and perfect register, and prints high-density neutral black. Color quality works best when the original has no image defects, fluorescent materials or nongamut colors; the ink film is glossy, thick and transparent; the paper is a glossy, opaque, smooth white, with little absorbency and internal light scattering; and the printing sequences black after yellow in a stably run press with properly-adjusted impression pressures.

Gary G. Field refers electrophotographic, flexographic, gravure, letterpress, lithographic, and screen printing for such different short- to long-run color markets as high- or routine-quality and on-demand. His book stands on its own as a teach-yourself guide, with an elegantly straightforward style and with thick appendixes including bibliography, color equations, and glossary. But it also helps anyone reading Richard M. Adams II and Joshua Weisberg's THE GATF PRACTICAL GUIDE TO COLOR MANAGEMENT, Kelly Kordes Anton's USING QUARKXPRESS 4, Steve Bain's FUNDAMENTAL QUARKXPRESS 4, Hal Hinderliter's UNDERSTANDING DIGITAL IMPOSITION, Harold L. Peck's STRIPPING: THE ASSEMBLY OF FILM IMAGES, Z.A. Prust's GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION: THE PRINTED IMAGE, and Fred Wentzel's GRAPHIC ARTS PHOTOGRAPHY: COLOR.

5.0 out of 5 stars Les couleurs du paradis, January 14, 2004

By A Customer

Les meilleures images imprimees se font des points nonbaves, du noir a haute densite, et des couleurs superimposees dans les sequences correctes. Les meilleures couleurs se font des couleurs de la gamme, des images nondefectueuses, et des nonfluorescents. Les meilleures encres se montrent epaisse, lustree, transparente. Les meilleures feuilles se montrent blanche, lustree, peu absorbente, avec la lumiere dispersee a l'interieur. Les meilleures presses reglent la tension a l'empreinte et impriment le noir apres le jaune. Les meilleures gens de la couleur connaissent les marches, tels que la qualite haute ou ordinaire ou bien la sur-demande, qu'il s'agisse de l'imprimer electrophotographique, flexographique, gravure, lithographique, typographique or bien celui a l'ecran