GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan - January 15, 2008 - X-Rite, Incorporated - The color experts at X-Rite Color Services today announced the 2008 release of it's well-known and newly updated Fundamentals of Color and Appearance seminar.
This one-day seminar is tailored for quality control & assurance professionals, lab technicians, parts suppliers, manufacturing specifiers, or anyone who evaluates or approves color. Attendees establish a solid foundation in color and appearance science. From the physics of color to lighting, spectrophotometers and color data, attendees learn how to measure, view and understand color data. Taught by X-Rite color experts, the seminar is easy to understand and applicable to nearly every industry and business.
The one-day course requires no prior color training and will address color control for a variety of industries, including retail and apparel brands, business and consumer electronics, automotive, packaging and their related industries in plastics, coatings and textile manufacturing.
Topics Covered
- The science of color and appearance
- Current standards and practices
- Visual and instrumental color assessment
- Controlling color quality
- Communicating color information
- Establishing your own color policies
- Deploying enterprise-wide color management
Free Munsell Interactive Learning Kit
As part of the 2008 seminar tour, all attendees will receive the Munsell Interactive Learning Kit free of charge. The Munsell Interactive Learning Kit includes several worksheets, samples, and exercises to help color quality professionals learn about the complexities of color and how it is represented, evaluated, and controlled.
Exclusive Fundamentals of Color and Appearance Book
All 2008 seminar attendees will also receive X-Rite's exclusive Fundamentals of Color and Appearance book. This industry acknowledged publication provides a logical and practical approach to solving color and appearance issues related to industrial applications.
Registration
For the complete agenda and online registration, www.xrite.com/foca08 or call 888.439.4403 to speak with seminar coordinators and register by phone. The $549 seminar fee includes a full day (9:00am-5:00pm) of seminar-style instruction, lunch and seminar materials.
Special Discount: Customers of X-Rite are invited to save 15% by using the coupon code "EARLYBIRD08" when registering!
Cities and Dates
2/28/08 - San Jose, CA
3/20/08 - Nashville, TN
3/25/08 - Cleveland/Akron
3/25/08 - Worcester, Massachusetts
5/20/08 - Valley Forge, PA
5/21/08 - Charlotte, NC
6/03/08 - Chicago, IL
6/10/08 - Toronto, ON
9/16/08 - Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
9/18/08 - Denver, CO
9/23/08 - Atlanta, GA
9/25/08 - Detroit, MI
11/13/08 - Milwaulkee, WI
11/11/08 - Long Beach, CA
11/18/08 - Montreal, QC
11/20/08 - Grand Rapids, MI