ALTANA Color-View User Manual
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GLOSSARY
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Spectral Characteristic
the reflectance or transmittance
factor
as
a
function
of
wavelength, used to characterize
a specimen
Standard
a reference against which
instrumental measurements are
made
Strength
the color quality that increases
or decreases with an increase or
decrease in the amount of
colorant
available,
other
conditions being constant
Wavelength
the distance, measured along the
line of propagation, between two
points that are in phase on
adjacent waves
Whiteness
the attribute by which an object
color is judged to approach the
preferred white
Yellowness
attribute by which an object’s
color is judged to depart from
colorless or a preferred white
toward yellowness
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