Taking A Second Look at ‘FIRST'

Argent plans to apply his team's research in his day-to-day business, helping customers audit their pigments' color index numbers and manage them to meet color needs. "Now that we've revealed this, we have a chance at managing color space in three dimensions," he adds.

Winning acceptance

The new pigment color index numbers are just one way FIRST has gotten more specific...and specifics seem to be a major prerequisite for wider-spread adoption of the guidelines.