Mt. Baker Research L.L.C.
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Bellingham, Washington 98228-0370

Defining Color Standards

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OnColor Profiler Set

Based on our ongoing strategic alliance with CyberChrome, Inc., during 2008 we developed a Profiling Set that contains 32 tiles. It features our Ultra-White color standards combined with other colors to achieve a gamut that is optimized for profiling spectrophotometers.

CyberChrome's OnColor Profiler software is used within a large organization or a consortium of participating laboratories that need to share color data with consistency and reliability. First, a master instrument is designated and used to measure the Profiling Set. Next, the master instrument is profiled by using CyberChrome's proprietary algorithms to analyze the master data. Finally, measurements of the same Profiling Set of tiles on other instruments allow these instruments to be profiled relative to the master instrument.

At this point the profiled instruments are effectively color-managed to share the color space of the master instrument. The profiled instruments may have different brands, but they must employ the same optical geometry. Each instrument must be operated under controlled laboratory conditions with OnColor QC or Match software.

CyberChrome chose our tiles for this application because they are durable, cleanable, and sturdy enough to withstand even the most rigorous laboratory conditions. The optical surface of our tiles is planar and uniform, which enables them to be used with instruments having different apertures and sample stages. Our tiles offer the expanded color gamut that is required for accurate profiling, and they are stable over long periods of time under controlled laboratory conditions.

In a recent test of OnColor Profiler we collaborated with our colleagues at CyberChrome to prove that a dual-beam scanning instrument (Perkin-Elmer Lambda 9/19) may be designated as the master instrument and used to profile abridged spectrophotometers that employ diode-array detection and output 10 nm spectral reflectance factor data. This procedure adds traceability and absolute accuracy to the other significant benefits of OnColor Profiler.

One Profiling Set is included with OnColor Profiler software. Additional sets — including optional certified calibrations — may be purchased from CyberChrome, Inc. or directly from us. Contact us for more information.

Linked Resources

• Read CyberChrome's White Paper, The Importance of Instrument Profiling, to learn about spectrophotometer profiling and color-management.