TCST Level 6 Colour Physics
Part of the suite of courses which make up the ASDC professional qualification.
Start date October 2024
Exam Date May 2025
Below are a full list of lessons and topics that are covered in this course.
Each lesson and subsequent topics are available from the dates shown to allow you time to complete the lessons.
Take the first lesson, either by clicking on the link below or the list to the right to learn more about how the system works, what help in learning is available and how best to manage your time.
A useful booklet on How to navigate colour network can be downloaded.
Course Covers:
- The fundamental principles behind colour and vision
- Practical aspects of Colour Physics as used for colour communication
This course will cover some of the basic principles of colour as a revision before introducing new concepts important in the field of Colour Physics.
The following publication is available to you to help with some of the specific terms and definitions encountered within coloration industries.
- The SDC publication “Colour terms and definitions”
To fully appreciate the coloration of all textile fibres there is a need to understand the physical, chemical, thermal and optical properties of fibres in general. The following 4 documents provide this background information that you should refer to during your study. These documents are also useful reference material.
- General Physical and Mechanical properties of Fibres
- Mechanical properties of Fibres
- Thermal properties of Fibres
- Optical properties of Fibres
Extracts from some of the recommended texts as well as articles from Coloration Technology are made available to students in the lessons.
In the following lectures, commercial names are provided. This does not imply superiority of commercial products but is intended to serve only as an example. Similarly, whilst aspects relating to application procedures are presented, these are intended as being representative of typical application conditions only and are not intended to be employed for practical printing.
As part of every course we might make use of external links, such as YouTube or Wikipedia. Please note that the SDC is not responsible for the content of any external web link.
Course Content
2.0 ASDC Colour Physics – The Mechanisms of Human Colour Vision
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2.1 ASDC Colour Physics – Structure of the Human Eye (External)
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2.2 ASDC Colour Physics – Structure of the Human Eye (Internal)
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2.3 ASDC Colour Physics – Light Control and Focusing
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2.4 ASDC Colour Physics – Light Sensing and Signal Processing
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2.5 ASDC Colour Physics – Visual Pathway and Visual Signal Processing
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2.6 ASDC Colour Physics – The Mechanism of Human Colour Vision Summary
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2.7 Colour Vision Deficiencies
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2.8 Colour Vision Tests
- 2.1 ASDC Colour Physics – Structure of the Human Eye (External)
- 2.2 ASDC Colour Physics – Structure of the Human Eye (Internal)
- 2.3 ASDC Colour Physics – Light Control and Focusing
- 2.4 ASDC Colour Physics – Light Sensing and Signal Processing
- 2.5 ASDC Colour Physics – Visual Pathway and Visual Signal Processing
- 2.6 ASDC Colour Physics – The Mechanism of Human Colour Vision Summary
- 2.7 Colour Vision Deficiencies
- 2.8 Colour Vision Tests
3.0 ASDC Colour Physics – Illuminants
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3.1 ASDC Colour Physics – Newton’s Experiments
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3.2 ASDC Colour Physics – Light
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3.3 ASDC Colour Physics – Illuminants
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3.4 ASDC Colour Physics – Colour Constancy & Inconstancy
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3.5 ASDC Colour Physics – Absorption of Light
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3.6 ASDC Colour Physics Photophysics – The Link Between Colour and Colorant Structure
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3.7 ASDC Colour Physics – Absorption Properties of a Chromophore
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3.8 ASDC Colour Physics – Fluorescence & Phosphorescence
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3.9 Structured Reflection
- 3.1 ASDC Colour Physics – Newton’s Experiments
- 3.2 ASDC Colour Physics – Light
- 3.3 ASDC Colour Physics – Illuminants
- 3.4 ASDC Colour Physics – Colour Constancy & Inconstancy
- 3.5 ASDC Colour Physics – Absorption of Light
- 3.6 ASDC Colour Physics Photophysics – The Link Between Colour and Colorant Structure
- 3.7 ASDC Colour Physics – Absorption Properties of a Chromophore
- 3.8 ASDC Colour Physics – Fluorescence & Phosphorescence
- 3.9 Structured Reflection
5.0 ASDC Colour Physics – Colorimetry and Colour Specification Systems
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5.1 ASDC Colour Physics – Introduction and Additive and Subtractive Colour Mixing
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5.2 ASDC Colour Physics – Introduction to CIE
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5.3 ASDC Colour Physics – CIE RGB Colour Matching Functions
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5.4 ASDC Colour Physics – CIE XYZ Colour Matching Functions
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5.5 ASDC Colour Physics – Light Sources/Standard Observers/Geometries
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5.6 ASDC Colour Physics – XYZ Chromaticity Diagrams
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5.7 ASDC Colour Physics – CIE L*a*b or CIELAB
- 5.1 ASDC Colour Physics – Introduction and Additive and Subtractive Colour Mixing
- 5.2 ASDC Colour Physics – Introduction to CIE
- 5.3 ASDC Colour Physics – CIE RGB Colour Matching Functions
- 5.4 ASDC Colour Physics – CIE XYZ Colour Matching Functions
- 5.5 ASDC Colour Physics – Light Sources/Standard Observers/Geometries
- 5.6 ASDC Colour Physics – XYZ Chromaticity Diagrams
- 5.7 ASDC Colour Physics – CIE L*a*b or CIELAB