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Color Fastness and Wilhelm Research |
With exceptions, colors fade
and change. We've all seen yellowed photographs or curtains that
faded in the sun. We assume that it's just sun light. Yes, the UV
components in sun light are damaging. But fluorescent lights can
be harmful, and, in fact, so can just time even in dark storage.
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Offset lithographic inks, particularly the inks that make up red, have been been notoriously fugitive. With the proliferation of inkjet printers, which are what print-on-demand printers use, this is something that we are all effected by. |
An invaluable source of information
is Henry Wilhelm, Wilhelm Imaging Research. For up-to-date general
and specific information regarding storage, paper and inks: wilhelm-research.com |
Inkjet ink often has a noticeable
color shift due to metamerism.
This is something a book designer can somewhat accommodate if aware
of it. |
| 12on14 makes exhibition grade prints using the Epson 7600. We use Epson's Ultrachrome inks, which when used with a fairly wide variety of archival papers maintains color fidelity for in excess of 200 years. |
| A free, 758 page, PDF: The Permanence and Care of Color Photographs: Traditional and Digital Prints, Color Negatives, Slides, and Motion Pictures. |
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