The Detroit Color Council is offering a unique 2-day course, in a hands-on format, on the understanding and control of automotive effect colors, at Schoolcraft College in Livonia, Michigan. The course is held October 4-5, 2023. 

The objective is to help students obtain an understanding of the nature of effect colors and how to measure and control them. It includes a presentation and demonstration of the entire range of effect pigments used in automotive effect colors, and a thorough explanation of how application variables and processing impact the resultant color. It features proper visual effect-color panel evaluation techniques using the AccuAngle™ color protractor and emphasizes the use of correct visual evaluation terminology consistent with industry standards. 

It includes presentations by several instrument manufacturers on state-of-the-art color measurement of effect colors with multi-angle spectrophotometers to meet the SAE J1545 recommended practice and an in-depth look at various tolerancing methods in use today for automotive effect colors. Correlation of visual to measured data is studied in student projects with effect color samples and parts, using portable lighting, multi-angle spectrophotometer measurements, and the effect-pigment-based SeeRIGHT™ II device. The class will include a mixture of presentations by industry experts and active and hands-on participation.

Students are expected to have training in color technology and the fundamentals of colorimetry from previous courses, but these fundamentals will be reviewed at the beginning of this course.

The course fee includes the course book, continental breakfast, lunch and snacks each day, and all class supplies. Class is limited to 24 students.

To learn more and register, visit www.detroitcc.org/events.