Pigment Penetration Characterization of Colored Boundaries in Powder-Based Color 3D Printing

Color 3D printing has widely affected our daily lives; therefore, its precise control is essential for aesthetics and performance. In this study, four unique test plates were printed using powder-based full-color 3D printing as an example; moreover, the corresponding pigment-penetration depth, chrom...

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Main Authors: Danyang Yao, Jiangping Yuan, Jieni Tian, Liru Wang, Guangxue Chen
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-04-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/15/9/3245
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author Danyang Yao
Jiangping Yuan
Jieni Tian
Liru Wang
Guangxue Chen
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Jiangping Yuan
Jieni Tian
Liru Wang
Guangxue Chen
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description Color 3D printing has widely affected our daily lives; therefore, its precise control is essential for aesthetics and performance. In this study, four unique test plates were printed using powder-based full-color 3D printing as an example; moreover, the corresponding pigment-penetration depth, chromaticity value and image-based metrics were measured to investigate the lateral pigment penetration characteristics and relative surface-color reproduction of each color patch, and to perform an objective analysis with specific microscopic images. The results show that the lateral pigment-penetration depth correlates with the number of printed layers on the designed 3D test plates, and the qualitative analysis of microscopic images can explain the change in chromaticity well. Meanwhile, there is an obvious linear correlation between the mean structural similarity, color-image difference and color difference for current color samples. Thus, our proposed approach has a good practicality for powder-based color 3D printing, and can provide new insight into predicting the color-presentation efficiency of color 3D-printed substrates by the abovementioned objective metrics.
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spelling doaj.art-04681f0e4eb44fc580449542a90cc0ae2023-11-23T08:40:23ZengMDPI AGMaterials1996-19442022-04-01159324510.3390/ma15093245Pigment Penetration Characterization of Colored Boundaries in Powder-Based Color 3D PrintingDanyang Yao0Jiangping Yuan1Jieni Tian2Liru Wang3Guangxue Chen4State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, ChinaCollege of Communication and Art Design, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, ChinaColor 3D printing has widely affected our daily lives; therefore, its precise control is essential for aesthetics and performance. In this study, four unique test plates were printed using powder-based full-color 3D printing as an example; moreover, the corresponding pigment-penetration depth, chromaticity value and image-based metrics were measured to investigate the lateral pigment penetration characteristics and relative surface-color reproduction of each color patch, and to perform an objective analysis with specific microscopic images. The results show that the lateral pigment-penetration depth correlates with the number of printed layers on the designed 3D test plates, and the qualitative analysis of microscopic images can explain the change in chromaticity well. Meanwhile, there is an obvious linear correlation between the mean structural similarity, color-image difference and color difference for current color samples. Thus, our proposed approach has a good practicality for powder-based color 3D printing, and can provide new insight into predicting the color-presentation efficiency of color 3D-printed substrates by the abovementioned objective metrics.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/15/9/3245color 3D printingpenetration depthchromaticityimage-based metriccolor reproduction
spellingShingle Danyang Yao
Jiangping Yuan
Jieni Tian
Liru Wang
Guangxue Chen
Pigment Penetration Characterization of Colored Boundaries in Powder-Based Color 3D Printing
Materials
color 3D printing
penetration depth
chromaticity
image-based metric
color reproduction
title Pigment Penetration Characterization of Colored Boundaries in Powder-Based Color 3D Printing
title_full Pigment Penetration Characterization of Colored Boundaries in Powder-Based Color 3D Printing
title_fullStr Pigment Penetration Characterization of Colored Boundaries in Powder-Based Color 3D Printing
title_full_unstemmed Pigment Penetration Characterization of Colored Boundaries in Powder-Based Color 3D Printing
title_short Pigment Penetration Characterization of Colored Boundaries in Powder-Based Color 3D Printing
title_sort pigment penetration characterization of colored boundaries in powder based color 3d printing
topic color 3D printing
penetration depth
chromaticity
image-based metric
color reproduction
url https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/15/9/3245
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