Results
The colorimetric evaluation showed that RegalRez varnish did in fact improve color saturation. The following graph is a vector plot of the beginning and ending a* and b* for each color patch, comparing the unvarnished color target with the varnished color target.
The arrows radiate out from the center and there is almost an equal change in both a* and b*, which is analogous to an increase in chroma.
The spatial response analysis did not show a significant difference between the PVA or Regalrez.. The target used with the Regalrez had a CMT of 29.7 unvarnished and a CMT of 27.8 varnished. The target used with the PVA had a CMT of 29.7 unvarnished and a CMT of 28.2 varnished. These values show no significant difference between the varnishes and also show that the varnish actually decreased the spatial response.
sample SFR target