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      <title>INSTRUMENTAL COLORIMETRY OF RETROREFLECTIVE SIGN MATERIALS</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Because color-coded applications of highway signs increase, specification of colors and color tolerances are required. In order to assure that the requirements are met within specified regions, a measurement technique needs to be developed and described. Having previously performed a study for daytime conditions, the National Bureau of Standards was competent to perform a study for nighttime conditions. The colorimetric properties of 126 samples of retroreflective materials of 7 different colors were measured with 3 telecolorimeters in simulated nighttime conditions. The colors measured were red, orange, brown, yellow, green, blue and silver (white). Differences of color measured by means of different telecolorimeters on the same samples were evaluated. On the basis of the color measurements and their variability tentative recommendations for color boundaries were prepared and are also included in this report.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 29 May 1976 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>INSTRUMENTAL COLOR MEASUREMENT OF RETROREFLECTIVE HIGHWAY SIGN MATERIALS</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[THE COLORIMETRIC PROPERTIES OF SEVENTY-FOUR SAMPLES OF RETROREFLECTIVE HIGHWAY SIGN MATERIALS WERE OBTAINED AT NBS BY VISUAL MEASUREMENTS OUTDOORS USING FIVE OBSERVERS HAVING NORMAL COLOR VISION, AND BY THREE PHOTOELECTRIC TRISTIMULUS COLORIMETERS AND A RECORDING SPECTROPHOTOMETER. COOPERATIVE MEASUREMENTS BY TWO INDUSTRIAL COLOR LABORATORIES ARE ALSO REPORTED. THE RESULTS OBTAINED INDICATE THAT MEASUREMENTS MADE WITH FIVE COLORIMETERS HAVING 45,0 DEG. GEOMETRY ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT. MEASUREMENTS MADE WITH FIVE INSTRUMENTS HAVING DIFFUSE ILLUMINATION AND UNIDIRECTIONAL VIEWING GEOMETRY ARE ALSO IN GENERAL AGREEMENT; IN ADDITION, THESE MEASUREMENTS AGREE MORE CLOSELY WITH THE VISUAL COLOR EVALUATIONS THAN THOSE MADE WITH THE 45,0 DEG. GEOMETRY INSTRUMENTS. /AUTHOR/]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 1972 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[THE COLORIMETRIC PROPERTIES OF SEVENTY-FOUR SAMPLES OF RETROREFLECTIVE HIGHWAY SIGN MATERIALS WERE OBTAINED BY VISUAL MEASUREMENTS OUTDOORS USING FIVE OBSERVERS HAVING NORMAL COLOR VISION, AND BY THREE PHOTOELECTRIC TRISTIMULUS COLORIMETERS AND A RECORDING SPECTROPHOTOMETER. COOPERATIVE MEASUREMENTS BY TWO INDUSTRIAL COLOR LABORATORIES ARE ALSO REPORTED. THE RESULTS OBTAINED INDICATE THAT MEASUREMENTS MADE WITH FIVE COLORIMETERS HAVING 45 DEGREE, 0 DEGREE GEOMETRY ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT. MEASUREMENTS MADE WITH FIVE INSTRUMENTS HAVING DIFFUSE ILLUMINATION AND UNIDIRECTIONAL VIEWING GEOMETRY ARE ALSO IN GENERAL AGREEMENT; IN ADDITION, THESE MEASUREMENTS AGREE MORE CLOSELY WITH THE VISUAL COLOR EVALUATIONS THAN THOSE MADE WITH THE 45 DEGREE, 0 DEGREE GEOMETRY INSTRUMENTS. A DISCUSSION OF THE RESEARCH NECESSARY TO DEVELOP INSTRUMENTAL TECHNIQUES FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF THE COLOR OF RETROREFLECTIVE MATERIALS UNDER NIGHTTIME VIEWING CONDITIONS IS ALSO INCLUDED. /AUTHOR/]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 1972 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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