Ten million – that’s the number of shades the human eye can differentiate. No wonder we find it difficult to remember a certain colour, never mind recognise it again!
Despite this, increasing significance is being attached to colour as a quality criterion in the industrial sector.
Today, a uniform colour plays a major role in numerous products.
It is difficult enough to achieve perfect colour-matching when the components of a product are manufactured in different departments of one company. But the issue becomes even more complicated when several suppliers are involved. Ultimately, however, the colour must match.
The visual assessment of colour is greatly influenced by the viewer’s individual perception of the multitude of hues, when the mood and age of the person are just as important as external influences such as the shading and brightness of the surroundings.
Added to this is the fact that we have limited capabilities of expressing a colour effect in words and documenting the differences between various shades.
This can only be done by using colour measuring devices with internally standardised colour systems. In this way it is possible to assure an objective description of coloured articles.
The perception of colouris influenced by the following three elements:
