Grand Rapids, MI—X-Rite and its wholly owned subsidiary, Pantone, announced the fall tour dates for their Fundamentals of Color and Appearance (FOCA) seminar, for all color-related industries, and Going Beyond Density seminar (xrite.com/processcontrol), which is geared for pressroom personnel.
The Fundamentals of Color and Appearance is a one-day seminar that instructs quality-control and assurance professionals, lab technicians, parts suppliers, pre-media and digital pressroom personnel and manufacturing specifiers on how to evaluate and approve colors in their workflows.
Taught by X-Rite color experts, FOCA provides practical information applicable to any industry dealing with color in easy-to-understand terms. X-Rite color experts will give attendees a foundation in the basics of color and appearance, and provide instruction on how to measure, view and understand color data.
The $595 course requires no prior color training and will address color control for a variety of industries. FOCA’s fall dates and venues are as follows:
Detroit, Michigan: 9/22/2011, Detroit Metro Airport Marriott, Romulus, Michigan
Atlanta, Georgia: 9/27/2011, Courtyard Atlanta Airport North, Hapeville, Georgia
Los Angeles, California: 9/29/2011, FIDM, Irvine California
Boston, Massachusetts: 10/06/2011, Residence Inn Boston Framingham, Framingham, Massachusetts
Chicago, Illinois: 10/13/2011, Residence Inn Chicago Schaumburg, Schaumburg, Illinois
Lyndhurst, New Jersey: 10/25/2011, Courtyard Lyndhurst Meadowlands, Lyndhurst New Jersey
Attendees will receive an X-Rite Munsell interactive learning kit to reinforce the lessons with worksheets, samples and exercises, as well as X-Rite’s Fundamentals of Color and Appearance book to be used as a reference. All FOCA attendees also receive a discount voucher toward an X-Rite purchase and the ability to win a free seat of quality assurance software and a Capsure handheld color matching tool. xrite.com/foca
