ASTM E313-00 - 10.12.2000
 
1. Scope

1.1 This practive provides numbers that correlate with visual ratings of yellowness or whiteness of white and near-white or colorless object-color specimens, viewed in daylight by an observer with normal color vision. White textiles, paints, and plastics are a few of the materials that can be described by the indices of yellowness or whiteness calculated by this practice.

1.2 For a complete analysis of object colors, by a specified observer and under a specified illuminant, use of three parameters is required. For near-white specimens, however, it is often useful to calculate single-number scales of yellowness or whiteness. This practice provides recommended equations for such scales and discusses their derivations and uses, and limits to their applicability (see also Ref (1)).

1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use .

 
2. Referenced Documents

E1345-98(2019)

Standard Practice for Reducing the Effect of Variability of Color Measurement by Use of Multiple Measurements

E1247-12(2023)

Standard Practice for Detecting Fluorescence in Object-Color Specimens by Spectrophotometry

E1347-06(2020)

Standard Test Method for Color and Color-Difference Measurement by Tristimulus Colorimetry

E1164-23

Standard Practice for Obtaining Spectrometric Data for Object-Color Evaluation

E991-21

Standard Practice for Color Measurement of Fluorescent Specimens Using the One-Monochromator Method

E805-22

Standard Practice for Identification of Instrumental Methods of Color or Color-Difference Measurement of Materials

E308-22

Standard Practice for Computing the Colors of Objects by Using the CIE System

E284-22

Standard Terminology of Appearance

D1925-70(1988)

Test Method for Yellowness Index of Plastics (Withdrawn 1995)

D1729-22

Standard Practice for Visual Appraisal of Colors and Color Differences of Diffusely-Illuminated Opaque Materials

D1535-14(2023)

Standard Practice for Specifying Color by the Munsell System

E1541-98

Standard Practice for Specifying and Matching Color Using the Colorcurve System

E1499-16(2023)

Standard Guide for Selection, Evaluation, and Training of Observers

E1360-05(2019)

Standard Practice for Specifying Color by Using the Optical Society of America Uniform Color Scales System

E1349-06(2022)

Standard Test Method for Reflectance Factor and Color by Spectrophotometry Using Bidirectional (45?:0? or 0?:45?) Geometry

E1348-22

Standard Test Method for Transmittance and Color by Spectrophotometry Using Hemispherical Geometry

E1331-15(2023)

Standard Test Method for Reflectance Factor and Color by Spectrophotometry Using Hemispherical Geometry