Guide No.16
Revision I
Published on: 04/10/2023

Glass colour

Scope of application

This guide is complementary to the data sheet DT30.00 - COLOUR MEASUREMENT OF GLASS PACKAGING.
The main aim of this guide is to increase the understanding of glass colour measurement.

Table of contents

1. Scope
2. The visual perception of colour
3. The light source
4. The eye/brain system of the observer
5. The CIE standard observer
6. The object
7. Colour measurement
8. The system Y x y
9. The system L* a* b*
10. The glass colour measurement.

History
First edition: 2008
Revision I: 10/2023 This new version replaces the first edition of the guide previously published under reference G0b.

Contributors

ARDAGH, BA GLASS, BRITISH GLASS, BUNDESVERBAND GLASINDUSTRIE E.V. (Federal Association of the German Glass Industry), CAN PACK, CSVMF, ENCIRC GLASS, GERRESHEIMER, HEINZ GLAS, O-I MANUFACTURING, SAVERGLASS, STOELZLE, VERALLIA, VETROPACK, VIDRALA, WIEGAND-GLASHUTTENWERKE

Document under responsibility of working group:

Glass wg1+4
WG chair: Arnaud JANIN - VERALLIA FRANCE

This permanent group is dedicated to a wide range of topics downstream of the production of glass bottles and jars dedicated to the food and beverage industries:

  • Surface treatments, marking, labelling;
  • Testing methods (impact, headspace, internal pressure, etc.);
  • Nomenclatures (of finishes, jars, bottles, and visual defects, etc.);
  • Quality management (food and beverage safety, best practices, regulations).
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