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Everything You Need to Know About Dye Allergies

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Spectrophotometer vs. Colorimeter: What’s the Difference?

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What Is Color, and How Do We See Color?

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Basics of Color Theory

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Food Coloring Regulations and Standards

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RGB v Tristimulus Color Scales – HELP!

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Everything You Need to Know About Dye Allergies

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Ken Phillips

Everything You Need to Know About Dye Allergies If you’re like most people in the world, you consume or come into contact with dye on a daily basis. Food, drugs, personal care products and textiles all make use of dye to change product appearance and help with identification. In the manufacturing world, dye is a critical […]

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Spectrophotometer vs. Colorimeter: What’s the Difference?

Posted on August 6, 2020 by Ken Phillips

Color surrounds us every moment of our lives and affects our emotions, behaviors and beliefs in large and small, conscious and unconscious ways. Color can set a mood, warn us of danger, give us critical information and even bring us joy. Despite the universal presence of color, describing it remains elusive, in part due to variations in […]

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What Is Color, and How Do We See Color?

Posted on July 28, 2020 by Ken Phillips

Every object we see has color, and it is an essential part of how we interpret the world. But color isn’t an inherent quality of the objects in front of us. Consider a classic red apple. If you look at it under a blue-tinted light, it will appear somewhat blue, and if you look at […]

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Basics of Color Theory

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Ken Phillips

Color theory is all around us — in the products we use, the images we see and the nature in our backyards. Understanding color theory is critical to anyone in design, and it plays a crucial role in product development and brand imagery. Even color theory psychology is a growing trend. So what is it […]

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Food Coloring Regulations and Standards

Posted on June 5, 2020 by Ken Phillips

In the past 100 years, the amount of food coloring used in food has increased drastically. This shift is due in part to manufacturers’ growing emphasis on making food look more appealing, last longer and attract as many consumers as possible. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) imposes strict regulations and standards for the […]

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RGB v Tristimulus Color Scales – HELP!

Posted on February 13, 2019 by Ken Phillips

At my new quality assurance job, one of our product quality checks is to measure the color of our product and to ensure that we are producing our product that is within a preset acceptable color range. We use an instrument, a spectrophotometer, that reports Hunter L, a, b; XYZ, and L*a*b scales. I’ve always thought […]

Posted in Color and Appearance Theory Tagged Color Measurement Basics

ASBC Beer Color and Turbidity

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Ken Phillips

ASBC Color The ASBC Beer Color scale has a range of approximately 1 to 11 units, with the more yellow, pale worts at the low end of the scale and the redder color of dark worts, beers and caramels at the upper end of the scale. The industry reference method for ASBC Beer Color and […]

Posted in Color and Appearance Theory, Food, UltraScan PRO, UltraScan VIS, Vista Tagged ASBC, beer, EBC, scattering, turbidity Leave a comment
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