Color Meters and Appearance Instruments Specifications on GlobalSpec

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	Property Measured
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	Chroma		Chroma is the attribute of color used to indicate the degree of departure of the color from a gray of the same lightness.
	Color		The color of an object is an aspect of object appearance distinct from form, shape, size, position, or gloss that depends upon the spectral composition of the incident light, the spectral reflectance of transmittance of the object, and the spectral response of the observer, as well as the illuminating and viewing geometry.
	Gloss		Angular selectivity of reflectance, involving surface reflected light, is responsible for the degree to which reflected highlights or images of objects may be seen as superimposed on a surface.
	Haze		Haze is the scattering of light at the glossy surface of a specimen responsible for the apparent reduction in contrast of objects viewed by reflection at the surface.
	Hue		Hue is the attribute of color by means of which a color is perceived to be red, yellow, green, blue, purple, etc. Pure white, black, and grays possess no hue.
	Luster		Luster is the appearance characteristic of a surface that reflects more in some directions than it does in other directions, but not of such high gloss as to form clear mirror images.
	Orange Peel		An uneven surface, somewhat resembling that of an orange peel. Orange peel is a measure of surface waviness.
	Translucency		The property of a specimen by which it transmits light diffusely without permitting a clear view of objects beyond the specimen and not in contact with it.
	Transparency		The degree of regular transmission, thus the property of a material by which objects may be seen clearly through a sheet of it.
	Other		Other unlisted, specialized, or proprietary property.
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	Measurement Scale
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	Hunter L, a, b		A color standard that was finalized in 1958. L=lightness, a=green and red and b=blue and yellow.
	CIELAB		An international color standard adopted in 1976. CIE is a tricolor system that is based on the fact that any color can be matched by a suitable mix of the 3 primary colors.
	CIELCH		A color standard developed from CIELAB.
	*cECMC**		The abbreviation stands for delta E Colour Measurement Committee of Dyers and Colourists. Built upon CIECH's attention to what direction a color is changing. Adopted as British Standard BS6923: 1988.
	XYZ		The XYZ space allows colors to be expressed as a mixture of the three tristimulus values X, Y, and Z. The term tristimulus comes from the fact that color perception results from the retina of the eye responding to three types of stimuli. After experimentation, the CIE set up a hypothetical set of primaries, XYZ, that correspond to the way the eye's retina behaves.
	Yxy		Yxy space expresses the XYZ values in terms of x and y chromaticity coordinates, somewhat analogous to the hue and saturation coordinates of HSV space.
	Other		Other unlisted, specialized, or proprietary color standard.
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	Instrument Type
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	Colorimeter		Colorimeters measure color using three or four filters that match human color receptors. Colorimeters can show L, a, b or L, a, b* numbers but can only measure in one light source.
	Densitometer		Densitometers measure the density of ink films using one or more filters. Densitometers do not give complete color information, but are useful for specification and control of printed colors.
	Spectral Camera		Spectral cameras provide measurements with full spectral and spatial information.
	Spectrophotometer		Spectrophotometers operate on the principle of reflected light. Spectrophotometers measure individual wavelengths and then calculate L, a, b or L, a, b* values from this information. They can measure in all standard illuminants.
	Other		Other unlisted, specialized, or proprietary instrument type.
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Performance Specifications


	Spectral Range		Spectral range is the range of wavelengths that the instrument can measure.
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	Resolution		Resolution is the smallest wavelength that the instrument can distinguish.
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Features


	Pass / Fail Mode?		The instrument has a pass/fail mode to allow for rapid sampling.
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	On-board Statistical Capabilities?		The instrument allows multiple measurements of a large sample to be quickly averaged.
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	Portable?		The instrument is not fixed in place.
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	Industrial Environment?		The instrument can operate in high temperature or high humidity environments.
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	Computer Interface?		The instrument may be controlled or monitored remotely with a computer, via an interface.
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	Application Software Included?		Application software is included with the instrument.
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Environment


	Operating Temperature		The operating temperature range of the instrument.
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	Operating Humidity		The operating humidity range of the instrument.
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