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ColourShift
ChromaFlair is a pigment used in paint systems, primarily for automobiles. When the paint is applied, it changes color depending on the light source and viewing angle. It was created at Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc. (OCLI) ater JDS Uniphase and Viavi Solutionsin 1979 and is used by DuPont and PPG. Names The paint system (and competing versions made by other companies) are known by a wide variety of proprietary names, including ''ChromaLusion'', ''ChromaPremier'', ''ColourShift'', ''Exclusive Line'', ''Extreme Colors'', ''Harlequin Color'', ''IllusionColor'', ''Maziora'', ''MultiTones'', ''MystiChrome'', ''Ch(K)ameleon'', ''Interference Fireglow'' and ''Paradis Spectrashine''. Effect The ChromaFlair effect is achieved by interfering with the reflection and refraction of light from the painted object's surface. The paint contains tiny synthetic flakes about one micrometer thick. The flakes are constructed of aluminium coated with glass-like magnesium fluoride embedded in se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TVR Tuscan 01
TVR Electric Vehicles Limited is a British manufacturer of sports cars. The company manufactures lightweight sports cars with powerful engines and was, at one time, the third-largest specialised sports car manufacturer in the world, offering a diverse range of coupés and convertibles. History The abbreviation TVR stems from the name of the company's owner Trevor Wilkinson, his first garage sporting the letters T, V, and R. The history of TVR can be divided into several eras, each of which is associated with the company's owner at the start of that period: * 1946–1965, founder Trevor Wilkinson, who left in 1962 * 1965–1981, Martin Lilley * 1981–2004, Peter Wheeler * 2004–2013, Nikolay Smolensky * 2013–present, syndicate of British businessmen led by Les Edgar Wilkinson era Founding Trevor Wilkinson (14 May 1923 – 6 June 2008) was born in Blackpool and left school at 14 to start an engineering apprenticeship at a local garage. In 1946, he purchased an old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luminous Paint
Luminous paint (or luminescent paint) is paint that emits visible light through fluorescence, phosphorescence, or radioluminescence. Fluorescent paint Fluorescent paints 'glow' when exposed to short-wave ultraviolet (UV) radiation. These UV wavelengths are found in sunlight and many artificial lights, but the paint requires a special black light to view so these glowing-paint applications are called 'black-light effects'. Fluorescent paint is available in a wide range of colors and is used in theatrical lighting and effects, posters, and as entertainment for children. The fluorescent chemicals in fluorescent paint absorb the invisible UV radiation, then emit the energy as longer wavelength visible light of a particular color. Human eyes perceive this light as the unusual 'glow' of fluorescence. The painted surface also reflects any ordinary visible light striking it, which tends to wash out the dim fluorescent glow. So viewing fluorescent paint requires a longwave UV lig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinechromatic Art
Kinechromatic art is a form of art in which the image, particularly in reference to the colour perceived by the viewer, changes due to some form of movement. The term "kinechromatic" was coined in 1951 by Mario Pedrosa in an article in '' Tribuna da Imprensa'' to refer to the work of Brazilian artist, Abraham Palatnik. Palatnik initially created electro-mechanical devices, based on the kaleidoscopic principle, which projected a constantly changing pattern of coloured light on a screen. Later devices exposed coloured moving parts of the machinery. In all cases, the shape and colour observed were changed by the devices for a stationary observer. Frank Popper, the eminent art historian, among others, commented on Palatnik's "luminous mobiles" and their aesthetic of motion.Frederico Morais, ''Abraham Palatnik : A Pioneer of Technological Art''Leonardo on-line. More recently, the term has been applied to the work of Ian Nunn, a Canadian computer scientist and artist who has done ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iridescence
Iridescence (also known as goniochromism) is the phenomenon of certain surfaces that appear gradually to change colour as the angle of view or the angle of illumination changes. Iridescence is caused by wave interference of light in microstructures or thin films. Examples of iridescence include soap bubbles, feathers, butterfly wings and seashell nacre, and minerals such as opal. Pearlescence is a related effect where some or most of the reflected light is white. The term pearlescent is used to describe certain paint finishes, usually in the automotive industry, which actually produce iridescent effects. Etymology The word ''iridescence'' is derived in part from the Greek word ἶρις ''îris'' ( gen. ἴριδος ''íridos''), meaning ''rainbow'', and is combined with the Latin suffix ''-escent'', meaning "having a tendency toward". Iris in turn derives from the goddess Iris of Greek mythology, who is the personification of the rainbow and acted as a messenger of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alumina Effect Pigment
An alumina effect pigment is a pearlescent pigment based on alumina (aluminium oxide). It is used for decorative purposes on paints and plastics, giving them a matte, metal-like appearance. Production process In the first step of the production process, Al2O3 (Aluminium oxide) flakes with a very smooth surface are formed. The flakes are produced using a crystal growth process. They are formed in the corundum structure (α-Al2O3). The desired flake shape is achieved by controlled crystal growth in the axial and equatorial directions. The color purity and transparency of the effect pigments obtained by coating the Al2O3 flakes with metal oxides can be attributed to the synthesis procedure yielding single-crystalline thin flakes The coating of the alumina platelets with high-refractive metal oxides, such as with titanium dioxide and iron(III) oxide leads to strongly reflecting effect pigments. These pigments possess a strong glitter effect. The coating process is analogous to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
