Table 7.

Color standards used in color determination of amber-colored liquids.

Standards	Color Scale	Range	Methods	Applications
ASTM D 1500	ASTM D 1500	0.5–8.0	Visual Comparator	Petroleum products, lubricating oil, heating oils and diesel fuel oils
ASTM D 156	Saybolt Color	From 30 to −16	Colorimeter	Automobile and aviation gasoline, jet fuel, naphtha, kerosene, petroleum waxes and pharmaceutical white oils
ASTM D 1544	Gardner Color	1–18	Comparator	Resins, varnishes, lacquers, drying oils, fatty acids, lecithin, sunflower oil and linseed oil
Lovibond	Lovibond RYBN	84 calibrated glass color standards	Visual Colorimeter	Color of oils, chemicals, foods and beverages
United States Standards for Grades of Extracted Honey	Pfund Scale	Water white, extra white, white, extra light amber, light amber, amber and dark amber	Visual Comparator	Honey
Standard Reference Method	SRM Value	1–70	Spectroscopy	Wort or beer
European Brewery Convention	EBC Value	4–140	Spectroscopy	Wort or beer
United States Standards for Grades of Maple Syrup	Grade A Classification	Golden, amber, dark and very dark	Spectroscopy	Maple syrup
	CIE Values	XYZ tristimulus values xyY chromacity coordinates CIE L*a*b* color space (−199 to 270) CIE L*C*h $\Delta E_{ab}{}^{*}$	Colorimeter Spectroscopy Image Analysis	Any color of matter