Colour Matching Cabinet - Trusted Testing Solution for Car Components

Cars are the real fascination; they are the fashion makers, standard makers and the convenience of all. In one word it is the need of the hour. With so many brands pouring into the market to fulfil the needs of all, there is continuous competition among car manufacturers and so it is among the car paint manufacturers. The paint used for a car can never be compromised on the quality and the most tested factor of the paint is the colour consistency. Read more to know how the Colour Matching Cabinet, an efficient testing chamber assures the paint used for a car looks the same under all types of conditions.

Ensuring colour consistency for car manufacturers

Being a paint producer, catering to car manufacturers it is very critical to take care of colour consistency is maintained overall. They need to ensure that the metamerism doesn't affect the colour quality. But what is metamerism and how can it affect the car paint producers? Well, Metamerism is a phenomenon according to which a colour may appear different under different lighting conditions. According to this when any type of light falls on an object and then reflects to enter the eyes of the viewer it refracts into different wavelengths creating an appearance of a different colour. Due to this a car that may be painted as red but when clicked to show appears as orange or a different shade of red other than what is expected. However, such situations can be either be avoided or defined.

When we say we are defining the same means to clarify that a certain object painted red will be orange under X colour or bright red under Y colour. And when we say we can improve it that means there is provision for the paint manufacturers to mend the quality of the paint so that they looks the same under any sort of lighting conditions.

To ensure the same, one must test the consistency of the paint. Here comes the role of quality inspection tools. One of the most advanced and user-friendly systems to test the uniformity of colours is the Colour matching cabinet. It is a cabinet or box type of object that is fitted with precision-based and standardized types of lights - like D 65 - Artificial daylight, TFL -Tungsten Filament, TL – 84 Light-Point of Sale, UVB Light-Ultra Violet, and CWF Light-Cool White Fluorescent.

These lights are globally recognized and are standards for colour consistency quality check. The cabinet allows a standard inclination of 45-degree angle for viewing so that the reflection and refraction angle is standardized. The specimen that needs to be tested can be kept inside the cabinet and set at defined angle. This way one can check if the colour in uniform throughout or not.