The appearance of effect finishes is influenced by different viewing angles and viewing conditions. Apart from a light-dark flop and color shift special sparkling effects can be created. The BYK-mac i spectrophotometer is unique as it measures both multi-angle color and flake characterization in one portable device.
Traditional 5-angle color measurement: 15° / 25° / 45° / 75° / 110°
Additonal color measurement behind the gloss for color travel of interference pigments: -15°
Sparkle and graininess measurement for flake characterization
Color Tolerancing - a Challenging Task
Each company is using their specific tolerances for the different colors.
In the last years weighted color equations were developed to achieve better agreement with our visual perception.
BYK-Gardner is your partner to guide you through the different methods and helps to set up your customer specific color difference method.
Color tolerancing - easy to master with BYK-Gardner!