Elements and Performance Criteria

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.

Colour theories may include:
colour charts, including:
colour look-up tables (CLUTs)
Indexed Colour
Pantone Matching System
Web Safe Colour
colour/light measurement:
Angstrom
candela
colour frequency
colour rendering index (CRI)
colour temperature
Kelvin
Lumens
Lux
Mired
nanometres
wavelength
colour spaces, including:
Adobe RGB (1998)
Atkinson
Bruce RGB
CMYK
ColorMatch RGB
Epson RGB (2001)
Fraser and EktaSpace
greyscale
HiFi colour spaces (e.g. Hexachrome)
LAB
ProPhoto RGB
sRGB
wide gamut RGB
xvRGB
xvYCC
YCbCr
colour synthesis (additive and subtractive colour)
colour systems and models, including:
Chamber of Commerce Colour Chart (CCIC)
Commission Internationale de l’Eclairage (CIE): Lab, Luv, XYZ
Herring’s opponent processes model
HSL
HSV
Munsell colour atlas
Natural Colour System (NCS)
Ostwald Surface Colour System
Practical Colour Coordinate System (PCCS)
subjective versus objective
Young-Helmholtz’s tri-pigments model
colour theorists, including:
Isaac Newton - Opticks
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Theory of Colours
Michel-Eugène Chevreul - The Law of Simultaneous Colour Contrast
Hermann Günther Grassmann - Grassmann’s Law
Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz - Handbook of Physiological Optics
Ewald Hering - colour opponency or opponent process theory
Ogden Rood - Modern Chromatics
Albert Munsell - Munsell Book of Color
Wilhelm Ostwald - Color Atlas
Wassily Kandinsky, Johannes Itten, Faber Birren, Josef Albers
Chenguang Lu - Decoding Model: A Symmetrical Zone Model of Color Vision
human vision
nature of light (e.g. electromagnetic spectrum, natural light phenomena).
Digital imaging context may include:
any digital imaging workplace where colour management is required, including:
designer’s studio
digital media studio
film and television studio
photography studio
photo imaging lab or bureau
pre-press bureau.
Sources of information may include:
discussions with industry practitioners
electronic and print media, such as news, reviews and articles
events, such as industry functions, conferences, trade fairs and expositions
government bodies and associated publications
industry association digital standards
internet
libraries and archives, such as text, film, video, sound and graphic
national and international journals, such as artist, computing and design journals
personal observations and experience
professional development opportunities, such as training programs, seminars, conferences, competitions, awards, exhibitions, symposiums, workshops and master classes
retail and wholesale suppliers of products and services
technical publications and reference books.
Standards may include:
ISO 15076-1:2005 Image technology colour management - Architecture, profile format and data structure - Part 1: Based on ICC.1:2004-10 (Profile version 4.2.0.0) Image technology colour management - Architecture, profile format, and data structure
ISO 12646:2004 Graphic technology - Displays for colour proofing - Characteristics and viewing conditions
ISO 3664:2000 Viewing conditions - Graphic technology and photography
IEC 61966-9 Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management - Part 9: Digital cameras
IEC 61966-8 Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management - Part 8: Multimedia colour scanners
IEC 61966-7-1 Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management - Part 7-1: Colour printers - Reflective prints - RGB inputs
IEC 61966-4 Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management - Part 4: Equipment using liquid crystal display panels
IEC 61966-3 Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management - Part 3: Equipment using cathode ray tubes
IEC 61966-2-1 and IEC 61966-2-1-am1 Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management - Part 2-1: Colour management - Default RGB colour space - sRGB
IEC 61966-2-2 Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management - Part 2-2: Colour management - Extended RGB colour space - scRGB
IEC 61966-2-4 Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management - Part 2-4: Colour management - Extended-gamut YCC colour space for video applications - xvYCC
ISO 22028-1:2004 Photography and graphic technology - Extended colour encodings for digital image storage, manipulation and interchange - Part 1: Architecture and requirements (ISO TC42)
ISO 12234-4: Photography - Electronic still-picture imaging - Part 4: Exchangeable image file format (Exif 2.2) (ISO TC42)
IEC 61966-5 Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management - Part 5: Equipment using plasma display panels.
Digital imaging devices may include:
cameras
computer hardware and software
output devices:
data projectors
desktop printers
film writers
graphic arts printers
image setters
lab or bureau printers
output to screen based display
scanners
self-contained capture backs (microscopes and telescopes)
video.
Quality product may include:
computer or game software
digital images
documents for output via:
CMYK printing presses
desktop printers
film writers
LED and CRT printers
wide format inkjet printers
interactive sequences
videos
websites.
Colour management systems and strategies may include:
calibration devices:
colourimeters
devices for camera, screen, scan and output calibration
spectrophotometer
profiling:
canned and custom profile
colour and resolution targets for scanning and/or digital camera capture
device-dependent and device-independent
embed, apply, discard and convert profile options
ICC profiles
reference cards and printer colour reference swatch books
workplace environment:
airborne pollutants
ambient lighting
controlled viewing conditions
temperature and humidity
WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) and closed loop system:
colour management policies
colour picker
colour space gamut and gamut warnings
dynamic range
gamma
hue and saturation
rendering intents
soft proofing
white and grey balance and black point.

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.

Overview of assessment

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit
Evidence of the ability to:
research colour theory and digital colour management systems and strategies
evaluate and adapt appropriate digital colour management systems and strategies
maintain and review digital colour management systems and strategies.
Context of and specific resources for assessment
Assessment must ensure:
access to:
appropriate technology and sources of information to research colour theory and digital colour management systems and strategies
an environment where a range of digital imaging devices and colour management systems can be applied
appropriate learning and assessment support when required
the use of culturally appropriate processes, and techniques appropriate to the oracy, language and literacy capacity of the candidate and the work being performed.
Method of assessment
A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate for this unit:
direct questioning combined with review of portfolios of evidence
review of third-party reports from experienced practitioners
direct observation of candidate’s evaluation, adaptation and management of appropriate colour management practices and strategies
case studies to assess candidate’s ability to evaluate workplaces and use digital colour management practices and strategies
problem-solving activities to assess candidate’s critical thinking skills.
Assessment methods should closely reflect workplace demands (e.g. literacy) and the needs of particular groups (e.g. people with disabilities, and people who may have literacy or numeracy difficulties, such as speakers of languages other than English, remote communities and those with interrupted schooling).
Guidance information for assessment
Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended.