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How is the colour of paper measured?

April 26, 2017colour measured paper

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How is the colour of paper measured?

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Colour is measured using a reflectance spectrometer, a device which measures the percentage of light of different wavelengths reflected from the paper. The reflectance measurements are converted to three numbers, which give a unique quantitative definition of the colour.