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Color Competence

Have you ever wondered who color corrects your work? Some labs use machine correction, some high school part–timers. More discerning labs use people to review every image. But the question remains, how good are those people at viewing color?

Used by industry for over 40 years, the Farnsworth-Munsell test is used to separate persons with normal color vision into classes of superior, average and low color discrimination, and to measure the zones of color confusion of color defective people. The Farnsworth-Munsell Color Order System has been widely used in many fields of color science, most notably as a model of uniformity for colorimetric spaces.

ProlabExpress® is the only professional portrait lab in the U.S. to certify and reveal, through Farnsworth-Munsell acuity testing, that its color correcting Team tests at the highest level available, "Superior". Below is an actual test result from a color correcting Team member at ProlabExpress®:

Farnsworth-Munsell Scoring Tool Example

With ProlabExpress®, you can be confident your work is being viewed by the finest in the industry. In addition to color correction, any Team member working for ProlabExpress®, in any capacity, must score a minimum of "average" on the test. To color correct, you must test "Superior", or work directly under the supervision of someone who does.

Eligible ProlabExpress® clients can be tested at no charge at the ProlabExpress® facilities in Grand Rapids, Michigan. If you have been a ProlabExpress® client for eighteen months and have a lab bill of $25,000.00 or more during the preceding twelve months, feel free to contact customer service at 1-888-537-1304 or Customer.Service@ProlabExpress.com.