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Orange curve: Spectral distribution of the orange Brand Color (Pantone 151 C) Blue curve: the Complementary Color to the orange Brand Color (1 minus the spectral distribution of the Brand Color)
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This paper will test a research question about whether or not it is possible to calculate the exact Complementary Color to a specific Brand Color in different color systems.
A method is proposed and tested in five different color systems: CIELAB, RGB, CMYK, Spectrum and HSB including device independent, device dependent, additive and subtractive co...
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... In 2017, a study showed that it was possible to calculate the exact complementary color to a specific Brand Color (Pedersen 2017). This study will use the same form of practical trigonometry and calculation to determine the point at which a yellow color ceases to be yellow because it has changed into orange, and the point at which orange has changed into red. ...
Short Abstract This study attempts to find an objective method to determine whether a given color is yellow, orange, or red, simply by evaluating its technical values and without looking at the color. After a review of the early Pantone Matching System and the current Pantone Formula Guide Coated, the first attempt to create a color wheel was to some extent possible. This was done firstly by selecting already named Pantone colors and colors that unambiguously belong to a particular color group, and secondly by using their hue angles (h*/hab) to determine the boundaries surrounding the orange color group in the CIE a*b* projection circle. By this method, the orange color group is determined to be located between 41.5° and 85° (hab). However, more in-depth studies are required to verify or falsify this methodology.