The development of methodologies for designers engaging with digital colour inkjet printing in textile design

Gooby, Becky

Abstract

Digital textile printing (DTP) offers exciting, creative potential and entrepreneurial business models in textile design. However, there is a marked difference between screen-colour to print-colour. Colour results are affected by numerous variables which a textile designer will be required to understand, and experiment with, in order to feel colour confident. A number of variables were tested using a Practice as Research methodology, to determine the impact on printed colour outcome. This paper presents investigations which focused on the development, and generation of, visual indicator methods and ICC profiles generated from data, accumulated through measuring printed colour differences on substrates. The aim to provide an indication of colour changes when printing on different fabric substrates, allowing designers to make adjustments to designs to obtain a better colour match, and develop their colour expectation knowledge.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: AIC 2018 Interim Meeting Colour and Comfort
• Start Date: Sep 25, 2018
• End Date: Sep 29, 2018
• Acceptance Date: Mar 30, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Jan 1, 2019
• Publication Date: Oct 9, 2018
• Deposit Date: Nov 30, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 5, 2021
• Pages: 327-334
• Book Title: Proceedings of the International Colour Association (AIC) Conference 2018
• Keywords: Colorimetry, Colour in the Arts and Design, Digital Colour, Digital Textile Printing
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6909582
• Publisher URL: https://www.aic-color.org/publications-proceedings