Inexpensive Professional Color Solution for Designers
The following guidelines are created for creatives and designers that want better color control at a low price. There are other solutions available that are more expensive and offer more capabilities, but this new solution sets a new price/performance bar for professionals with a limited budget. Think of it as a starter system to help you get control of your color for Display, Printer, and Lighting.
The professional approach requires tools that objectively quantify color.
ChromaSpot is Spectral Color Library — therefore, a spectrophotometer is an appropriate instrument. Today there are a lot of low-cost solutions on the market. We made a summary that should help better understand the best option for your needs.
It is essential to understand that Lighting used to evaluate color is the fundamental element of color perception. Therefore, we strongly recommend investing in instruments that can measure objects and lighting. When working with CC Capture, it is possible to evaluate colors in any lighting condition, but you have to be able to measure the desired lighting to begin.
In addition to being able to measure lighting, designers need to be able to measure their display to ensure the colors they are using are rendered accurately per the print and lighting for the job. Choosing an instrument capable of calibrating and profiling the display, the printer, and the lighting provides a complete solution to predict color results.
1. ColorChecker Studio + ChromaChecker CaptureThis is a great solution for designers just starting to work with color, for whom a limited budget is an essential element of decision-making. This is an excellent solution for students of design faculties, for whom the limitations of this instrument will not be very important, and they will gain experience. |
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2. X-Rite i1 Pro3 + ChromaChecker CaptureThis is one of the best solutions on the market. The third generation of the instrument is much faster and better correlated with others on the market. A versatile tool that allows you to measure not only objects but also to calibrate the monitor or measure lighting conditions. Supports both spot measurements and scan mode. ChromaSpot Library was built using this instrument, so it will provide the most accurate rendering of ChromaSpot colors. |
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3. X-Rite i1 Pro3 Plus + ChromaChecker CaptureVersion dedicated to textiles. Due to a larger aperture (8mm), this instrument can better measure textured objects. |
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4. Konica Minolta Myiro-1 + ChromaChecker CaptureA very good alternative - especially if Displays and Lighting are critical. |
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5. NIX Spectro 2 + CC CapturePocket-size Instruments that measure in M1, M2, and M0 with its robust metal case, sealed to protect from dust, make it perfect for everyone who has to capture samples out of the studio, outdoors, or in dusty industrial environment. |
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6. Variable Spectro 1 or Spectro 1 ProDesigners who need to measure shiny, textured, metalized, or any other complex objects may find these two instruments very powerful and the only solution for a limited budget. Unique geometry-based diffuse light in the chamber - very similar to the spherical geometry, which normally is extremely expensive. Very useful for measuring objects with mirrored characteristics, non-flat, or other non-uniform attributes that cannot be measured with a normal 45/0 instrument. |
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