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The Day-Glo Color Corp. (also styled as DayGlo) is a privately held [1] American paint and pigments manufacturer based in Cleveland, Ohio.It was founded in 1946 by brothers Joseph and Robert Switzer and is currently owned by RPM International.
The fluorescent dyes cause a chemical reaction when exposed to high intensity light sources (HILS) and the visual result is a fading in the colors of the inks. With paper, significant visible change in the color saturation can typically be observed within 45 minutes to one hour of exposure to the HILS.
Fluorescent paint is available in a wide range of colors and is used in theatrical lighting and effects, posters, and as entertainment for children. The fluorescent chemicals in fluorescent paint absorb the invisible UV radiation, then emit the energy as longer wavelength visible light of a particular color. Human eyes perceive this light as ...
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Phosphorescent pigments performance, in visible light, in dark, after 4 minutes in dark - zinc sulfide (left) and strontium aluminate (right) based materials Super-LumiNova is a brand name under which strontium aluminate –based non- radioactive and nontoxic photoluminescent or afterglow pigments for illuminating markings on watch dials ...
Fluorescent security strip in a US twenty dollar bill under UV light. Strongly fluorescent pigments often have an unusual appearance which is often described colloquially as a "neon color" (originally "day-glo" in the late 1960s, early 1970s). This phenomenon was termed "Farbenglut" by Hermann von Helmholtz and "fluorence" by Ralph M. Evans. It ...
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Blacklight fluorescent tubes. The violet glow of a blacklight is not the UV light itself, but visible light that escapes being filtered out by the filter material in the glass envelope. A blacklight , also called a UV-A light , Wood's lamp , or ultraviolet light , is a lamp that emits long-wave ( UV-A ) ultraviolet light and very little visible ...