what colours does superluminova come in?

[Micky]

Does anyone have photos of the exact colours that Superluminova comes in please?

I have seen an illustration in a graph of different colours available ,but I can not see the real colours.Does anyone know if something like Ivory exists?It means white with a touch of yellow.What colour would it become in the dark?

Best wishes

Micky

[lib]

If you mean a "patina-like-white", I really don´t recall having seen this kind of a lumina paint. All of these kinds, if I am not wrong, are either just white or greenish depending on the actual light conditions.

[Petr_P]

Luminova Colours

Does anyone have photos of the exact colours that Superluminova comes in please?

.....What colour would it become in the dark?

 

Luminous pigments are classified by daylight or body colour (daylight colour) and an emission-colour which do not have to be identical.

 

Body colour (daylight colour):

 

With ISO 3157 and ISO/DIS 17514 the body-colours are standardised for timepieces:

 

- C1 Colour "C1" for white

 

- C3 Colour "C3" for yellow

 

- C5 Colour "C5" for greenish-yellow

 

- C7 Colour "C9" for blue-green

 

 

This list is not restrictive and, on agreement between the manufacturer and the watchmaker, other colours can be made available. See next paragraph.

 

Standard colour of emitted light:

 

- Green (light emission wavelength circa 520 nm)

 

- Greenish-blue (light emission wavelength circa 490 nm)

 

- Bluish-violet (light emission wavelength circa 440 nm)

 

The colour is determined when the LumiNova compound (strontium aluminates) is enriched with the two rare earth metals. When the material is viewed in daylight, the spectrum of colours is almost limitless, including white, black, and almost all colours of the rainbow. The colours are achieved by dying the crystals of the luminous material with a variety of colouring agents, most of which are organic, but which can also be fluorescent or non-fading colorants. Probably this is the secret behind the new pigments with orange, yellow, and reddish light emission, which have emerged on the market recently (some versions of Fortis Marinemaster, LŰM-TEC, ...).

 

Note: LumiNova (based on the strontium aluminates compound enriched with rare earth metals) is patented technology of Nemoto & Co, Japan. The license production for some Swiss watch manufacturers is done by RC Tritec under trademark Swiss-SuperLuminova. Some watch producers are allowed to use own market name for the LumiNova pigments (Seiko ? LumiBrite, Marathon ? MaraGlo,,..). Whether the LUM-TEC?s ?MDV technology ? is just another brand name for the Japan LumiNova patented technology or not, is a mystery (at least for me).

 

More about luminosity in watches is on my blog (sorry, only in Czech).

[Micky]

Luminova Colours

Luminous pigments are classified by daylight or body colour (daylight colour) and an emission-colour which do not have to be identical.

 

Body colour (daylight colour):

 

With ISO 3157 and ISO/DIS 17514 the body-colours are standardised for timepieces:

 

- C1 Colour "C1" for white

 

- C3 Colour "C3" for yellow

 

- C5 Colour "C5" for greenish-yellow

 

- C7 Colour "C9" for blue-green

 

 

This list is not restrictive and, on agreement between the manufacturer and the watchmaker, other colours can be made available. See next paragraph.

 

Standard colour of emitted light:

 

- Green (light emission wavelength circa 520 nm)

 

- Greenish-blue (light emission wavelength circa 490 nm)

 

- Bluish-violet (light emission wavelength circa 440 nm)

 

The colour is determined when the LumiNova compound (strontium aluminates) is enriched with the two rare earth metals. When the material is viewed in daylight, the spectrum of colours is almost limitless, including white, black, and almost all colours of the rainbow. The colours are achieved by dying the crystals of the luminous material with a variety of colouring agents, most of which are organic, but which can also be fluorescent or non-fading colorants. Probably this is the secret behind the new pigments with orange, yellow, and reddish light emission, which have emerged on the market recently (some versions of Fortis Marinemaster, LŰM-TEC, ...).

 

Note: LumiNova (based on the strontium aluminates compound enriched with rare earth metals) is patented technology of Nemoto & Co, Japan. The license production for some Swiss watch manufacturers is done by RC Tritec under trademark Swiss-SuperLuminova. Some watch producers are allowed to use own market name for the LumiNova pigments (Seiko ? LumiBrite, Marathon ? MaraGlo,,..). Whether the LUM-TEC?s ?MDV technology ? is just another brand name for the Japan LumiNova patented technology or not, is a mystery (at least for me).

 

More about luminosity in watches is on my blog (sorry, only in Czech).

 

Thanks so much .This is so helpful.

best regards

Micky