Education is Part of HunterLab's Total Solution
Education is a part of HunterLab's total color solution. Our goal is to provide resources and information to assist you in understanding color science.
Basics of Color Perception and Measurement
- English (PDF Document)
- Español (PDF Document)
- Deutsch (PDF Document)
- Power Point Slide Show - English (executable file, 15 MB)
Test Methods
Instrument Theory
- 45°/0° Perfect Reflecting Diffuser Standards
- Bandwidth, Resolution, Reporting Interval and the UltraScan PRO
- CIE Standard Observers
- Colorimeters Versus Spectrophotometers
- Daylight Filters
- Double Versus Single Beam Spectrophotometers
- Equivalency of Reciprocal Instrument Geometries
- Equivalent White Light Sources and CIE Illuminants
- Establishing Instrumental Color Difference Tolerances for Your Products
- Evaluation of Appearance
- HunterLab Colorimetric Spectrophotometers Versus Analytical UV-VIS Spectrophotometers
- Instrument Geometries and Color Measurements Part I: 45°/0° and 0°/45°
- Instrument Geometries and Color Measurements Part II: Diffuse/8°
- Instrument Geometries and Color Measurements Part III: Comparison of 45°/0° and Diffuse/8° Measurements
- Maximizing Inter-Instrument Agreement
- Reflectance Measurements: Specular Included Versus Specular Excluded
- RTRAN Versus TTRAN
- Simulating Daylight Using UV Control
- Ultraviolet-Absorbing Filters and Fluorescent Whites
- What is Appearance?
- What is Color and How is it Measured?
- What is the Best HunterLab Instrument for You?
- Why Use an Appearance Measurement Instrument?
Color Theory and Color Scales
- ADMI
- AnLab
- APHA, see also APHA Q & A
- ASTM D6166 Gardner Index
- CIE L*a*b*
- CIE L*C*h
- Citrus Scores
- CMC
- Coal Color Index for Powdered Brown Coal
- Color Inconstancy
- Distinctness of Reflected Image (DOI)
- Gardner Index (ASTMD6166), see also Gardner Index
- Gloss
- Gray Change and Gray Stain Scales
- Haze
- Hunter L, a, b
- Hunter L, a, b Versus CIE 1976 L*a*b*
- ICUMSA 420 Sugar Score
- Kent-Jones Flour Color
- The Kubelka-Monk Theory and K/S
- Metamerism Index
- Opacity
- Rdab
- SCAA Coffee Color Standards
- Shade Numbering, Sorting, and Tapering
- Shade Numbering and Sorting Versus Grouping and Sequencing
- Strength Calculations
- TAPPI Brightness
- Tint Indices
- Tomato Scores
- Whiteness Index
- XYZ - CIE Tristimulus Values
- Yellowness Indices
- Yxy CIE Chromaticity Coordinates
- Z% Brightness
