Measuring the “Color” of Glass Plates using Shimadzu UV-Vis Spectrophotometers

Color measurement is important to many industries with applications in food, textiles, pharmaceuticals, and glass works. To demonstrate the measurement of color on two different Shimadzu UV-Vis spectrophotometers, spectra were acquired of a set of glass filters. Scans were performed with a Shimadzu UV-1800 spectrophotometer and a Shimadzu UV-2600 spectrophotometer equipped with and without an ISR-2600Plus Integrating sphere. This application note presents a quick and easy method to quantify color values for samples including glass materials.