Aug 17 2009
CERAM, the materials technology consultancy, is pleased to announce that it has produced a mini version of its CCSII Colour Standards - CCSII Mini Colour Standards. The new format consists of 1cm square wafers of the twelve CCSII Colours plus a Black and a White Standard, embedded in a protective assembly that holds them in an area that is the size of a credit card. The new size enables all fourteen Colour Standards to be visible to optical systems within a field of view that is only 8.5 by 5.5 cm. This allows the calibration of colour measurement systems to be monitored in the field, as well as in the laboratory.
The new CCSII Mini Colour Standards are currently being used to calibrate spectrophotometers, instruments which are used to provide accurate colour information for multispectral imaging technology. This technology allows both the true colour and structure of an object to be reproduced. Paper-based printed standards can be used to calibrate spectrophotometers but these are easily soiled and the colours are not permanent as they are with ceramic colours.
One of CERAM’s customers who is using the mini version is caddon color technology GmbH, manufacturers of multispectrophotometers. Dr Arndt Glowinski, Managing Director of caddon color technology GmbH commented: “The convenience that these Colour Standards offer for day-to-day monitoring of accuracy is fantastic, the integration of these Colour Standards into our systems has added a great deal of value to our offering.”
Sean Hillman, Business Manager at CERAM, was integral in the development of the CCSII Mini Colour Standards. He says: “We are delighted to have been able to develop this product to meet such a useful technological need. We are certain that there are many similar commercial applications that will be able to exploit this development to their own benefit.”
CERAM’s basic range of colour standards comprises twelve glazed ceramic tile standards: three neutral grey for checking photometric linearity, seven chromatic standards for checking spectral response and two colour difference standards - providing a direct check on colour difference measurement for repeatability purposes.
Bespoke colour standards, often required by retail manufacturers to monitor colour continuity in specific product lines, are also available from CERAM.
For more information, visit www.ceram.com/colours or call CERAM on 0845 026 0902.