We are pleased to officially announce our accredited partner status with X-Rite Pantone. This agreement will give our customers a seamless way to access the PantoneLIVE color library. ColorMetrix solutions will provide a seamless user interface for PantoneLIVE. PantoneLIVE and ColorMetrix developers plan to launch during summer 2013. The official press release is below. Meanwhile, if you […]
ColorMetrix partners with X-Rite Pantone;
Media and Marketing Takeaways from PRIMIR Winter Meeting
Last week, we traveled to New Orleans to attend the PRIMIR (Print Industries Market Information and Research Organization) meeting. PRIMIR funds and prepares extensive studies on trends in the graphics and print industry. The three-day meeting provided presentations from previous studies, and break-out sessions to focus on future studies. The attendees were very diverse; coming from […]
The Color of the Month is Evergreen
It’s that time of year when most leaves on trees have either colored or fallen completely from their branches. The exceptions are, of course, evergreen trees. As seen in the accompanying image, evergreen trees stand out in the fall and winter next to the bare branches of their cousin trees. The life of a leaf […]
Color Control Myths and Mysteries: Part 2
Last week, our CEO Jim Raffel previewed our “Color Control Myths and Mysteries” talk, which we will be presenting at the GAA Publishing and Premedia Conference next week. In his preview, he introduced an interesting optical illusion and discussed whether or not we could trust our eyes when it comes to color. Indeed, trusting our […]
Introducing the Normalizer technology
to standardize color verification
While we have been talking about our Normalizer technology on and off this year, we were happy to officially explain it to the industry during GraphExpo this month. Our developers worked on our unique algorithms for about 18 months before releasing it to the industry. Normalizer has been integrated into one of partner’s workflow since […]
Color of the Month: Campfire Orange
In August, we introduced our new feature of Color of the Month with Burnt Grass. Since much of the country experienced moderate to severe droughts this summer, we thought it was an appropriate color to represent the month. This month as we head into the autumn season, we picked an orange to complement what we […]