Category Archives: Automotive

The Benefits of Measuring Colors

Spectrophotometers, colorimeters or chroma meters measure colors.   The color data are expressed in numbers of a color space like CIE L*a*b* and therefore the benefits of measuring colors are: Research and Development Precise Color Communication Color Library Quality Improve Yield Productivity Trend Analysis Shade Sorting The above benefits of measuring colors are done with CIE L*a*b*… Read More »

Measuring Gloss and Haze

Gloss Everyone see gloss and color differently and visual perception is subjective and it differs from people to people.  Gloss and color are interaction of light on a surface and is the reflection of light off a surface.  The measurement unit for gloss is gloss units (GU).  To measure gloss, the correct geometry must be… Read More »