X-Rite Color Blog

Learn more about light, reflection curves, optical brighteners, and more.     Illuminants Electro magnetic radiation in the wavelength range from 380 nm to 730 nm is seen as light by our eyes. Low wavelengths show as blue light. Then the spectrum continues from green, yellow, orange to red. UV radiation is located in the range below 380 nm; the range above 730 nm is called infrared radiation. The visual impression of a colored body changes by the composition of the incoming light. ...

2020 forced manufacturers to rethink the way they work. Around the globe, COVID put a hard stop on the travel required to approve prototypes and delayed the shipment of physical samples. Many brands started looking for ways to use digital color samples to keep production moving but struggled with the inability to replicate how a color sample would look on a prototype.   The PANTORA desktop application closes this gap. With PANTORA, users can capture or import spectral samples and store, man...

COVID-19 has forced many companies to rethink the way they communicate, approve, and produce color.    For some, that means trying to conduct “business as usual” from a remote location. For others, it means finding ways to manage color without travel. Either way, we know our customers are doing everything they can to sustain business while keeping their employees healthy and safe.    We want to help. Over the past few months we’ve been adding new resources t...

To establish a successful quality control program, you need good instrumentation, robust software, and trained users. But even with everything in place, there are some common pitfalls to watch for when using a spectrophotometer to analyze color quality. Measuring plastic parts with the X-Rite Ci7800 benchtop spectrophotometer. Top Five Color Measurement Pitfalls  1. Bad Standards and Samples Physical standards and samples don’t last forever. Careless handling and dirty devices can ...

Whether you’re producing textiles, automotive parts, or plastic pieces, color needs to remain consistent or the final product will be rejected. Unfortunately, there are many ways for color errors to creep in during manufacturing. Creating and using accurate digital color standards is one way to combat these errors. Digital color standards can be used in software to specify and communicate color, formulate colorants and raw materials, and control color quality. They give brand owners peac...

Whether you work with plastics, coatings or textiles, you must consistently achieve in-tolerance color or your product could be rejected before it even makes it to the shelf or showroom.     This is especially true for brands that rely on off-site suppliers and manufacturers for raw materials and parts that come together at assembly, such as the plastic dashboard, fabric seats, and coated interior panels of a car. Even if each site produces in-tolerance color, it must be monitored an...

No matter the industry, our customers are all working toward the same goal: Achieve accurate color and keep production moving. Even in the best conditions, color data can be a challenge to capture and share. COVID-19-related travel bans and social distancing guidelines are making it harder than ever.    Today we’ll share three easy ways to remotely share color data so you can achieve your color goals without shipping physical samples or making onsite visits. The Benefits of Digit...

Unsere Kunden, die jetzt im Homeoffice arbeiten, müssen sich darüber im Klaren sein, dass selbst die Änderung einer kleinen Variablen – wie der Farbfreigabe zu Hause unter anderen Lichtbedingungen oder der Zusendung der Farbspezifikationen per E-Mail anstelle einer physischen Probe – zu Farbfehlern führen kann. Diese Fehler können wiederum ein größeres Farbproblem zur Folge haben. Die erste und wichtigste Phase bei der Farbqualitätskontrolle ...

Spektralfotometer sind Farbmessgeräte zur Erfassung und Beurteilung von Farben. Im Rahmen eines Programms zur Kontrolle und Sicherung der Farbqualität kommen sie bei Markenartiklern und Designern für die Farbspezifikation und -kommunikation und bei Herstellern zur Überwachung der Farbpräzision während der gesamten Produktion zum Einsatz. Spektralfotometer können nahezu alles messen, einschließlich Flüssigkeiten, Kunststoffen, Papier, Metall und Stoffen, und sorgen für Farbkonstanz von der ersten...

Smartphone-Displays und Computer-Monitore sind das Fenster zur digitalen Farbwelt. Wenn Sie die Farbfreigabe per E-Mail oder Kurznachricht erteilen, sollten Sie die Einschränkungen unbedingt kennen.  Als Einsteiger sollten Sie wissen, dass Ihre Geräte jeweils auf verschiedenen Farbmodellen zur Anzeige von Farben basieren. Eingabegeräte, d. h. Kameras und Monitore, nutzen das additive Farbmodell für die Anzeige von Farben. Sie erzeugen ein Farbspektrum durch die Zugabe von rotem, g...