A colorimeter is a computer software that is able to determine the linear scales of perceived colors as they are collected from a camera. Colorimeters can be found on computers and mobile devices alike, but always require filtered photo detectors. Colorimeters can be used to provide accuracy readings for digital imaging applications in order to improve quality and pixel definition. Colorimeters can be used to analyze any color, but are almost always used to analyze red, green, blue, and yellow.

 

How Colorimeters Work

Colorimeters are used in conjunction with a camera and filtered photo detectors in order to separate a captured image’s individual colors and display their aspect ratios with respect to height and width. Colorimeters generally display color height in delta and color width in nanometers because these are the ratios used to measure light itself. The aspect ratios can then be compared to determine offsets in the camera, which can be adjusted and reanalyzed in order to improve quality.

 

Applications

Colorimeters can be used in a wide variety of systems such as regular digital cameras, high quality photography cameras, and deep space telemetry cameras. Additionally, colorimeters can be used to measure the quality of digital display devices such as televisions and computer monitors, as well as their respective cables. While colorimeters are rarely ever used for personal purposes, they are often used for commercial and scientific purposes.