Color matching system.

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Ciba Specialty Chemicals is a chemical company based in and near Basel, Switzerland. It was formed as the non-pharmaceuticals elements of Novartis were spun out in 1997, following the merger in the has launched a color matching system for inks, paints, and plastics. Colibri[TM] QuickMatch Pro is designed for matching effect shades, as well as for printing inks on metal substrates. It allows for matching of metallic colors and shades for inks to be printed on metallic surfaces without the use of a multi-angle spectrophotometer spectrophotometer, instrument for measuring and comparing the intensities of common spectral lines in the spectra of two different sources of light. See photometry; spectroscope; spectrum. . It provides the option of working with a complex mathematical model

Note: The term model has a different meaning in model theory, a branch of mathematical logic. An artifact which is used to illustrate a mathematical idea is also called a mathematical model and this usage is the reverse of the sense explained below.

for color matching effect shades and for accuracy with conventional shades. All Colibri QuickMatch systems are available in multi-user multi-user
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(of a computer) capable of being used by several people at once or single-user or single-user versions. For more information, contact: +41.61.636.4444, www.cibasc.com/colibri.

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Title Annotation:	New Products
Publication:	JCT CoatingsTech
Date:	May 1, 2004
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