Color Matching for Fiber Blends Based on Stearns-Noechel Model

Prediction of the formula for matching a given color standard by blending pre-dyed fibers is of considerable importance to the textile industry. This kind of formulation suffers from a lack of computer-aided tool to assist the colorist attempting to find a good recipe to reproduce a target color. In this article a tristimulus color matching algorithm based on Stearns-Noechel model is proposed. This algorithm was run to predict recipes for 36 viscose blends. The maximum color difference is 0.97 CIELAB units. It is demonstrated that the algorithm can be used in color matching of fiber blends.