Light and Colour Theories, and their relation to light and colour standardizationLovibond, Joseph W. (Joseph Williams)
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Light and Colour Theories, and their relation to light and colour standardization
Lovibond, Joseph W. (Joseph Williams)
Color; Light
_Method of Use._--The choice of daylight or artificial light is a
personal matter, but one should practise reading the scale with both.
The use of the instrument shows that the pastille fades very nearly as
quickly under electric light as it does under daylight. The following
precautions should be observed: In daylight work in a good white
light, avoid shadows and yellow light of any kind. With electric light
use an 8-candle power carbon-filament lamp with frosted glass and a
suitable white shade so arranged that the pastille is 8 inches from the
lamp. No other light should be allowed to reach the pastille during
examination. A low power metal-filament lamp may be used, but greater
accuracy will be obtained with a carbon-filament lamp which was used
for the experimental work. The lamp should be discarded as soon as
the light becomes yellow from prolonged use. Whether in daylight or
electric light, the examination must be rapid to avoid the fading of
the pastille. When it is desired to give an accurate 1 B dose, it is
better to put up the 4/5 B standard first. It is then easy to calculate
how much more exposure is required for the extra 1/5 B. It is important
to adjust the pastille carefully so that none of the unirradiated green
portion is visible through the small aperture, as this will upset the
reading. In very accurate dosage new pastilles should be used, as a
bleached pastille never returns exactly to its original tint. When such
a bleached pastille is irradiated the colour changes start a little
farther down the curve, and thus the tint for a given dose must be
taken a little above the normal tint. This increase is very slight,
but is nevertheless quite appreciable, and may amount to as much as
5 and 10 per cent. Even then the margin for error is ample in the
neighbourhood of the B tint, and if a pastille is not used more than
three times, and is well bleached in daylight after each exposure, no
serious error is likely to occur. A standard white background should
always be used, and discarded for a new one when it gets dirty. The
colour standards usually provided are those in common use--namely,
1/4, 1/3, 1/2, 4/5, 1, 1', and 2 B, but it is quite easy to make up
standards for any point on the curve. The symbol “B,” as the erythema
or epilation dose, has been retained, as it was thought inadvisable to
add to the number of such symbols already existing.
To sum up:
1. The experimental work has determined the exact colour changes
occurring in the Sabouraud pastille when exposed to X-rays.
2. These experiments have established a permanent standard for Tint
B, which matches the pastille exactly, does not fade, is easily kept
clean. These coloured glasses can be readily and accurately reproduced,
as they are standardized spectroscopically by a firm who specialise in
such work. The standard will therefore remain constant so long as the
Sabouraud emulsion remains unaltered.
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