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Nickerson, Dorothy 1900–1985

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Dorothy Nickerson (August 5, 1900–April 25, 1985) was an American color scientist and technologist who made important contributions in the fields of color quality control, technical use of colorimetry, the relationship between color stimuli and color perceptions, standardization of light sources, color tolerance specification, and others.

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  1. Color Science and Imaging Laboratory, North Carolina State University, Wilson College of Textiles, Raleigh, NC, USA

    Renzo Shamey & Rolf G. Kuehni

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Shamey, R., Kuehni, R.G. (2020). Nickerson, Dorothy 1900–1985. In: Pioneers of Color Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30811-1_70

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