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Old 26th Jul 2021, 9:55 am   #24
Junk Box Nick
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Default Re: (The trade). Golden years?

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Originally Posted by Ted Kendall View Post
Having just taken young son to an optician chain to be assessed for his competition licence, I was appalled to see practitioners swapping their faded Ishihara card sets to try and get reliable results - judging by the condition of the sleeves, some of these were thirty years old. Evidently the hues degrade in an unpredictable fashion.
Printers’ Pantone colour swatch books were only considered reliable for a few years. Even if kept in a drawer chemical changes in the paper will degrade the colours, especially the lighter ones.
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