I wish that people would write out the meaning of an abbreviation the first time that they use it.

Not to mean this I suppose.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_St … armacopeia

William

Thank you.

As a result of your post I have been trying to learn about Pantone Validated.

I knew of Pantone colours, both the print range and the fashion fabrics range, but not of devices being validated.

I do not know why the illustration in Alfred's post is about skin colour.

Is Pantone validation about all colours?

For example (I know, I know, it is referencing a chapter of my first novel) suppose that the movie within the story were made in real life.

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~ngo/l … er_017.pdf

About half way down the second page of that chapter is the following.

>“Well, suppose that there is a movie and at the start a lady in a distinctive outfit, like a light turquoise suit over a royal blue blouse, is walking towards St Pancras railway station in London. She is carrying a lightweight case, less than a briefcase, more like a clipboard, She is heading to catch a train. ...

Later in the  chapter.
> The train is seen arriving at the Gare du Nord in Paris. Then the view switches to a long shot ofthe platform of the stationary train. From the train a lady with a light turquoise suit over a royal blue blouse is walking toward the camera, ...

And later.

> “But the thing is, it is the same character, but not the same actor playing her. The idea is that the character travels from London to Paris but the actors and the film crew do not, the actor and the film crew are always local to where the filming takes place.”

> “Ah.”

> “But it is not like a mystery movie where she has been replaced, it is just a budget movie with the bits transmitted electronically and made up into a complete movie somewhere. So the technique could take the character anywhere where there is a local actor and a local film crew. It is her outfit of a light turquoise suit over a royal blue blouse, or whatever it is chosen to be, that is constant, not the actor who is wearing such an outfit, becausethe ac tors each have their own outfit: part of it is that there are standards for colour palettes and so the costume in each country is prepared using the same colours. The outfit is distinctive so that viewers can recognise the character whoever is portraying her.”

So, if, say, a movie such as this were made using this technique, even extended into a world tour of art galleries, each of the outfits could be made locally to where the filming is taking place and they would all be exactly the same colours.

So it the smartphone advertised will verify all colours then someone out buying the fabrics to make the garments could check colours using the smartphone.

However, what about lighting conditions when the device is being used?

William

I asked

Is Pantone validation about all colours?

I did not ask

Is Pantone validation all about colours?

My question was because the initial post only refers to skin tones.

William

Another article about Pantone Validated, including an interesting observation about the flags of Romania and Chad:

https://www.digitalcitizen.life/pantone-validated