Subject 'Colour Management'

Year:   2013/2014    2014/2015    2015/2016    2016/2017    2017/2018    

• Colour, light
• Visual process
• Colour anomalies
• Colour models
• Measuring equipment
• Components of colour management
• Colour management settings and configuration in design programs
• Calibration - profiling
• Practical colour management: monitor
• Converting between different colour spaces
• Print simulation, clean proof

The objective is to provide an idea about the essence of colours, in other words, what is a colour, how people perceive colours and the anomalies related to colour perception; provide information about different colour models and their interrelations (RGB vs CMYK vs LAB) and colour measurements; explain the need for colour management and its working principles; provide the knowledge about how to obtain and preserve the right colours throughout the whole working process until the (printing) product is completed; provide the skills to configure the colour management settings of the design programs according to the needs of the product.

Upon completion of the course, students will:
• have an overview of the essence of colours and the requirement for colour management;
• be able to adjust programs, calibrate monitors and use colour profiles;
• be able to configure the colour management settings of design programs according to the working process;
• understand to which colour models the final product needs to correspond;
• be able to convert files from the source colour space to the desired colour space;
• be able to address the upcoming problems related to colours (client-designer-printing house);
• be able to complete and test the printing by using a clean proof.

2018: 2272  

2017: 2272  

2016: 2272  

2015: 2272  

2014: 2272  2272  

2013: 2272