What is Colorimetry?

Colorimetry is a science and technology whose primary goal is to measure and compare the human perception of color setting the color standards (color models) in the process. The ultimate goal of colorimetry is to establish objective color description models (mathematically) so that colors can be describe as a human sensation.

Areas of colorimetry

Colorimetry is segmented into two main categories:

• By field of activity:
  • Basic
  • Advanced
• By methods of analysis:
  • Visual
    • Visual colorimetry
    • Color atlases
  • Instrumental
    • Colorimeters
    • Spectrophotometers
    • Spectrocolorometers