Selecting Surface-Colour Measuring Instruments and Monitoring Their Performance

As a result to the widespread and increasing use of colour-measuring instruments in recent years it has been considered by the Colour Measurement Committee that some guidance to members either using or contemplating the purchase of such equipment is desirable. This paper gives an outline of the principles to be followed in the evaluation of prospective colour-measuring instruments, and a summary of the factors which should be considered in relation to monitoring the performance of such instruments once purchased