Processes for manufacturing surface elements are disclosed. The surface elements can comprise a decorative upper layer and a supporting core. Processes for manufacturing such surface elements can comprise obtaining a decor at least by digitization of a number of archetypes selected from woods and minerals by making a high resolution digital picture of said archetypes, storing said decor digitally, manufacturing a plurality of supporting cores, each being of rectangular shape and each having a size essentially equaling only one desired end user format and provided with an upper side and a lower side, editing said decor to fit said shape and size of each one of said plurality of supporting cores, and digitally applying different patterns on each of said plurality of supporting cores, wherein said patterns are selected and parted from said decor and said decor is used to control said digitally applying the different patterns.

A method of extending the gamut of standard 4 color process printing is presented. The method thus yields various novel process printing ink sets. According to exemplary embodiments, an extended color gamut can be provided without requiring the addition of a sixth or seventh primary ink to the existing 4-color ink set. In some embodiments, an enhanced gamut can be achieved by changing the colors of the four basic primary inks and only adding a fifth primary ink. This may be done, for example, by shifting the hue of two or three of the CMY primaries and adding an additional primary. Using only five process inks thus provides, for example, the typical packaging printer with more open print stations for spot color printing or for overprint varnish application. In another illustrative embodiment, a sixth process color may be added to the inventive five color ink set.

Processes for manufacturing surface elements are provided. The surface elements can include a decorative upper layer and a supporting core. Processes for manufacturing such surface elements can comprise manufacturing a supporting core having a format essentially equaling the desired end user format and provided with an upper side and a lower side, providing a ground coating on the supporting core, and applying a digitally printed dcor comprising inks of at least four colors directly on top of the ground coating by means of an ink-jet type printer, said four colors comprising one or more colors different from cyan, magenta, yellow and black; said digitally printed dcor being one of wood or mineral, and providing and curing an at least partly translucent wear layer on the upper side of the supporting core.

Processes for manufacturing surface elements are provided. The surface elements can comprise a decorative upper layer and a supporting core. Processes for manufacturing such surface elements can comprise manufacturing a supporting core having an upper side, treating said upper side of said supporting core, including at least one of the steps of ground coating with a primer, sanding and providing said upper side with a surface structure, applying a digitally printed dcor comprising inks of at least four colors directly on top of the ground coating by an ink-jet type printer, said digitally printed decor being one of wood or mineral, and providing and curing a protecting and at least partly translucent wear layer on the upper side of the supporting core.

The invention relates to a method for providing a decorative combination for furniture items and/or interior fixtures. The problem addressed of providing a method for producing a decorative combination, for which the matching of said combination with respect to a change of illuminant is further simplified, is solved by a method including the steps: carrying out colorimetric measurements, under at least two different illuminants, on a first decorative element of a first fixture; determining a reference colour change of the first decorative element when the change between the at least two different illuminants is made; printing a second decorative element onto a second fixture, a selection and/or combination of inks for the printing process being carried out on the basis of a colour change of the inks under a change of illuminant, such that a colour change of the second decorative element under the change of the at least two different illuminants is compared to the reference colour change. The invention also relates to a system, in particular for carrying out a method according to the invention, the system including a colorimeter, a printer and a control device.

A metalized powder painted color sample for facilitating selection of a powder paint, the powder paint being applicable to a base material, is described. The metalized powder painted color sample includes a paper substrate sheet including a first side, a metallic layer bonded to the first side of the paper substrate sheet, and a powder paint layer bonded to the metallic layer. The metallic layer includes aluminum and has a thickness of between 15 nanometers and 50 nanometers. The powder paint layer includes a cured polymer powder paint and having a thickness of between 20 micrometers and 140 micrometers. In some embodiments, at least a portion of the metalized powder painted color sample has a same color and a same texture as the base material when the powder paint has been applied to the base material.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, one or more machine learning models are trained to accurately estimate skin color in one or more images regardless of the lighting conditions. In some embodiments, the models can then be used to estimate a skin color in a new image, and that estimated skin color can be used for a variety of purposes. For example, the skin color may be used to generate a recommendation for a foundation shade that accurately matches the skin color, or a recommendation for another cosmetic product that is complimentary with the estimated skin color. Thus, the need for an in-person test of the product is eliminated.

A method and system for creating exemplary end-use paint color includes a network module providing a first user input including paint color characteristics from a user device of a user to a paint analysis module. At least one colorant identifier associated with the first user input is generated by the paint analysis module via a color formula database. Colorants associated with the colorant identifiers are supplied to a kit, which is provided to the user. A second user input including a paint quantity is provided to the conversion module from the user device. A conversion module generates a quantity of each of the colorants based on the second user input; the quantities are sent to the user device. User-preferred paint colors are formed via a mixing means and applied to a display means. One or more user-preferred paint colors are confirmed as exemplary end-use paint colors by the user.

The present invention relates to a method for determining a parameter specific to the custom-made coloring of hairs of a given individual, the method including the following steps: receiving magnitudes representative of a first target color and of a first initial color in a colorimetric space, determining a cosmetic product composition according to magnitudes received and a colorimetric rendering model, applying a cosmetic product having the determined composition on the hairs to be colored of the individual in order to obtain colored hairs, evaluating the color of the colored hairs in order to a magnitude representative of a first final color in the colorimetric space, and determining a colorimetric deviation parameter specific to the individual according to magnitudes representative of the first final color and of the first target color.

The embodiments disclose a paint can mixer system including a ratcheted turn knob coupled to a mixer axle configured to apply force to the mixer axle, a rachet device having a rachet bar coupled to the ratcheted turn knob configured to engage the ratchet device when the ratcheted turn knob is twisted in one direction, a plurality of mixing blades coupled to the mixer axle configured to mix paint in a paint can when the mixer axle is rotated, a suction cup coupled to the mixer axle configured to couple through suction to the paint can to stabilize the mixer axle during rotation, and a squeegee coupled to the mixer axle in contact with the bottom surface of the paint can be configured to mix solid paint pigments settled in the corners and surfaces of the bottom of the paint can.