Synonym:ColorReferenceTableforsolidsProperties:
| RelatedCategories | AllColorReferenceSolutions,AnalyticalStandards,Analytical/Chromatography,ColorCharts,ColorReferenceSolutions, |
| grade | analyticalstandard |
| form | neat |
| shelflife | limitedshelflife,expirydateonthelabel |
| format | neat |
Description:
Application
forfastandreproducIBLecolormatchingofsolids
Generaldescription
TheSigma-AldrichColorCharthasbeendevelopedforinternaluseinqualitycontrolofalltheSigma-Aldrichproductionsites.Consideringourhugeportfolioofdifferentchemicalproducts,thecommoncolorsystemshouldbringclarityinthejungleofcolorsandbesimpletoapplyinthedailypractice.FurThermoreitshouldbebaseduponanacceptedcolorsystem;communicable,reproducibleandapplicableeverywhere.
Manycolorordersystemsuseaquasi-sphericalcolorspace,inwhichthepositionofeachcolorisdescribedwiththreecoordinates.WechosetheMunsellcolorordersystem,whichfulfilledallourneeds.Thereineachcolorisidentifiedbytheattributesofhue,valueandchroma.TheMunsellBooksofColorcontainsthousandsofcolorchipswhicharedefinedaccordingtotheMunsellcolorsystem.Thislargenumberofcolorsismuchtoobigtohandleindailypracticeduringpracticaltestssoweidentifiedthecolorsmostfrequentlyoccurringinourproducts,whichcolorsmostofterncausedoftenproblemsinthecolorcommunicationandwithwhichcolorswemostfrequentlyhadtouseparaphrasestoexplainthecolor.
TheresultisaselectionofcolorsfromtheMunsellcolorordersystem;thisselectioncontains51colorchips.Thesechipsareappliedtoawhitebackgroundononepage.Noturningofpagesisnecessary,whichfacilitatesandspeedsupthedailyuseofthecolorchart.Belowthecolorchipsyoufindtheshort-codeplustheinternallydefinedcolorname.Ontheotherpagethereisatablefromwhichyoucanseethehue,valueandchromaforeachofthecolorsaccordingtotheMunsellsystem.
colorscomplywiththeMunsell®colorsystem
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