| Colour space |
L*a*b*, L*C*h, Lab99, LCh99, XYZ, Hunter Lab, Yxy, L*u’v’, L*u*v* and their color differences; Munsell (C, D65) |
| Indices |
WI (CIE 1982, ASTM E313-73, ASTM E313-96, Hunter, Berger, Taube, Stensby, Ganz), Tint (CIE 1982, ASTM E313-96, Ganz), YI (ASTM D1925-70, ASTM E313-73, ASTM E313-96, DIN6167), WB (ASTM E313-73), Standard depth (ISO 105.A06), Brightness (TAPPI, ISO2470), Opacity (ISO 2471, TAPPI T425 89% White plate) , Haze (ASTM D1003-97)*, Density (Status (ISO 105.A04E), Staining degree rating (ISO 105.A04E), Grey scale (ISO 105.A05), Strength, Pseudo strength, K/S strength (Apparent ΔE*ab,ΔL*,ΔC*,ΔH*,Δa*,b* , Maximum Absorption, total wavelength, user wavelength) NC#, NC Grade |
| Only when measurement are taken with CM-5 connected: |
| Gardner, Iodine Color Number, Hazen/ APHA, European Pharmacopoeia, US Pharmacopeia |
| *With some instrument types, the illuminating/light-receiving optical system may not satisfy the definition of “Haze” ASTM D1003-97 procedure B. However, this presents no problem as long as the value is used as a relative value. |
| Colour difference equation |
ΔE*ab (CIE 1976), ΔE*94 (CIE 1994) and each component of lightness, saturation and hue, ΔE00 (CIE DE2000) and each component of lightness, saturation and hue, ΔE99 (DIN99), ΔE (Hunter), CMC (I:c) and each component of lightness, saturation and hue, FMC-2, NBS 100, NBS 200, ΔEc (degree)(DIN 6175-2), ΔEp (degree)(DIN 6175-2) |
| Observer |
2°, 10° |
| Illuminants |
A, C, D50, D55, D65, D75, F2, F6, F7, F8, F10, F11, F12, U50, ID50, ID65, User illuminant 1 to 3 |
| Graph display |
Spectral reflectance (transmittance) and its difference, K/S and its difference, Absorbance and its difference, L*a*b* absolute value, ΔL*a*b* (2D/3D color difference distribution, MI), Hunter Lab absolute value, Hunter ΔLab (color difference distribution), xy chromaticity diagram, Trend chart and histogram of each color space and color difference equation, Pseudo color display |
| Image display |
Link between measured value and image data (JPEG or BMP format), Insertion of custom images |
| Instrument control |
Measurement/calibration |
| Automatic average measurement: 1 to 999 measurements |
| Manual average measurement: Any number of measurements (Standard deviation and average value are displayed in the colour space selected during measurement.) |
| Remote measurement (Excluding the CM-3000 Series) |
| Instrument setting |
| Upload of data stored in the instrument (Excluding the CM-3000 Series) |
| List view of data stored in the instrument (Excluding the CM-3000 Series) |
| External I/O |
Loading/saving data files in original format (Extension: mes) (Several files can be loaded.) |
| Loading/saving template files in original format (Extension: mtp) (Several files can be loaded.) |
| Saving of data in text format (CSV, TXT), saving of data in XML format, Copy of listed data to the clipboard |
