The phenyltrimethicones, in another silicone family, are used in reflection-enhancing and color-correcting hair products, where they increase shine and glossiness (and possibly effect subtle color changes).
No official paper industry definition exists for glossy, semi-matte, etcetera, although an objective scale is available for the glossiness of papers used in offset litho printing.
Glossiness can do a great deal about that.
Pictures should conform to the same standards, that is, the same size, the same background, and similar glossiness.
For these stimuli, they found considerable decrease in rated lightness as the glossiness of the materials was increased.
Two different body colors and five different glossinesses were used for the test sphere.
In their experiments, observers could adjust both the diffuse reflectance and glossiness of the match object.
Across conditions, we varied the body color and glossiness of the test sphere.
