BRITISH STANDARD BS EN ISO 105-

J03:2009

Textiles — Tests for

colour fastness
Part J03: Calculation of colour
differences (ISO 105-J03:2009)

ICS 59. 080. 01

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National foreword

This British Standard is the UK implementation of EN ISO 105-

J03:2009. It supersedes BS EN ISO 105-J03:1997 which is withdrawn.
The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical
Committee TCI/81, Colour fastness and colour measurement of textiles.
A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on
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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN ISO 105-J03
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM October 2009

ICS 59.080.01 Supersedes EN ISO 1 05-J03:1 997

English Version

Textiles - Tests for colour fastness - Part J03: Calculation of

colour differences (ISO 1 05-J03:2009)
Textiles - Essais de solidité des teintures - Partie J03: Textilien - Farbechtheitsprüfungen - Teil J03:
Calcul des écarts de couleur (ISO 1 05-J03:2009) Berechnungen von Farbdifferenzen (ISO 1 05-J03:2009)

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Foreword
This document (EN ISO 1 05-J03:2009) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 38 "Textiles" in
collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 248 “Textiles and textile products” the secretariat of which is
held by BSI.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical
text or by endorsement, at the latest by April 201 0, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the
latest by April 201 0.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document supersedes EN ISO 1 05-J03:1 997.
According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 1 05-J03:2009 has been approved by CEN as a EN ISO 1 05-J03:2009 without any
modification.

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3. 1 C al cu l ati on of C I E L AB val u es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

3. 2 C al cu l ati on of C I E L AB co l ou r d i fferen ces val u e s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

3. 3 C al cu l ati on of th e C M C col ou r d i fferen ce, ∆Ecmc(l c) : ........................................................................ 4

4 Tes t report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

An n e x A (informative) I n terpretati on of res u l ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

An n e x B (informative) Re pres en tati ve tes t d ata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
ISO 1 05-J03 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 38, Textiles, Subcommittee SC 1 , Tests for
coloured textiles and colorants.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO 1 05-J03:1 995), of which it constitutes a
technical revision and incorporates ISO 1 05-J03:1 995/Cor.1 :1 996 and ISO 1 05-J03:1 995/Cor.2:2006.
Subclause 3.1 has been replaced with the current CIE recommended form. The equations produce identical
results, but the decimal numbers are replaced by fractions, so as not to limit precision.
ISO 1 05 was previously published in thirteen “parts”, each designated by a letter (e.g. “Part A”), with
publication dates between 1 978 and 1 985. Each part contained a series of “sections”, each designated by the
respective part letter and by a two-digit serial number (e.g. “Section A01 ”). These sections are now being
republished as separate documents, themselves designated “parts” but retaining their earlier alphanumeric
designations. A complete list of these parts is given in ISO 1 05-A01 .

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Texti l e s — Tes ts for col ou r fas tn es s —

Part J03:
C al cu l ati on o f col ou r d i fferen ce s

1 S cope

This part of ISO 1 05 provides a method of calculating the colour difference between two specimens of the
same material, measured under the same conditions, such that the numerical value ∆Εcmc(l: c) for the total
colour difference quantifies the extent to which the two specimens do not match. It permits the specification of
a maximum value (tolerance) which depends only on the closeness of match required for a given end-use and
not on the colour involved, nor on the nature of the colour difference. The method also provides a means for
establishing the ratio of differences in lightness to chroma and to hue.
NOTE Annex A gives guidance on the interpretation of results. Annex B provides sample test data for use in
checking computer programs. Annex C contains a sample computer program for calculating colour difference.

2 P ri n ci pl e

The CIE 1 ) 1 976 L*a*b* (CIELAB) colour space has been modified to enhance its visual uniformity when
calculating the colour difference between two specimens. The modifications to CIELAB by the CMC equation
provide a numerical value, ∆Εcmc, which describes the colour difference between a sample and a reference in
a more nearly uniform colour space. This permits the use of a single-number tolerance (“acceptability
tolerance” or “pass/fail tolerance”) for judging the acceptability of a colour match in which the tolerance is
independent of the colour of the reference. The ellipsoid semi-axes (lSL, cSc and SH ) used to derive ∆Εcmc
provide a means to interpret the three separate components of colour difference (lightness, chroma and hue)
in manners suitable for a wide range of uses.
The equation for ∆Εcmc describes an ellipsoidal boundary (with axes in the directions of lightness, chroma and
hue) centred about a reference. The agreed-upon ∆Εcmc acceptability tolerance describes a volume within
which all specimens are acceptable matches to the reference.
The colour difference is composed of three components that comprise the differences between the reference
and the specimen. These are as follows.
a) A l i g h tn ess component that is weighted by a lightness tolerance (∆L*/lSL). This is represented as
∆Lcmc.
If the ∆Lcmc is positive, the specimen is lighter than the reference. If the ∆Lcmc is negative, the specimen is
darker than the reference;
b) A ch rom a component that is weighted by the chroma tolerance ( ∆C*ab/cSc). This is represented as ∆Ccmc.
If the ∆Ccmc is positive, the specimen is more chromatic than the reference. If the ∆Ccmc is negative, the
specimen is less chromatic than the reference;

1 ) Commission Internationale de l'Éclairage, Central Bureau, Kegelgasse 27, A-1 030 Vienna, Austria.

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c) A hue component that is weighted by the hue tolerance (∆H*ab/SH This is represented as ∆Hcmc
). .

If the ∆Hcmc is positive, the hue difference of the specimen is anti-clockwise from the reference in the CIELAB
a *, b * diagram. If the ∆H
cmc is negative, the hue difference of the specimen is clockwise from the reference in
the CIELAB a*, b* diagram.

3 P roced u re

3. 1 C al cu l ati on of CI E LAB val u es

Calculate the CIELAB L*, a *, b*, C*ab, h ab values from the X, Y, Z tristimulus values for both the reference and
specimen as follows:
L * = 1 1 6 ⎡⎣ f ( Q y ) ⎤
⎦
−1 6

a * = 500 ⎣⎡ f ( Q ) − f ( Q
x y ) ⎤
⎦

b * = 200 ⎣⎡ f ( Q ) − f ( Q ) ⎦⎤
y z

where
Qx = ( X /X n ); Qy = ( Y/Y n ); Qz = ( Z /Z n )
and
( ) = ( )1/3 if
f Qi Qi Qi > (6/29) 3

else
( ) = (841 /1 08)
f Qi Qi + 4/29 if Q u (6/29) 3 i

where
i varies as X, Y, and Z

C (
*ab = a * 2 +b * 2 ) 1 /2
h ab = arctan ( b * /a * ) expressed on a 0° to 360° scale with the a* positive axis being 0° and the b*

positive axis at 90°.

For these equations, X , Y and Z are the tristimulus values of the illuminant/observer combination in which it
is desired to calculate CMC(l: c) colour differences. The preferred illuminant/observer combination is D65/1 0°.
n n n

Table 1 gives the values for this and five other combinations.

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Tabl e 1 — Tri sti m u l u s val u es for s i x i l l u m i n an t/ob s erver com b i n ati on s

Tri s ti m u l u s val u es
I l l u m i n an t/obs erver

com bi n ati on s
Xn Yn Zn
D65/1 0° 94,81 1 1 00,00 1 07,304
D65/2° 95,047 1 00,00 1 08,883
C/1 0° 97,285 1 00,00 1 1 6,1 45
C/2° 98,074 1 00,00 1 1 8,232
A/1 0° 1 1 1 ,1 44 1 00,00 35,200
A/2° 1 09,850 1 00,00 35,585

3. 2 C al cu l ati on of CI E LAB col ou r d i fferen ces val u es

Calculate the CIELAB colour differences ∆L*, ∆a*, ∆b*, ∆C*ab, ∆E*ab, ∆H*ab, using the following equations, in
which the subscripts R and S refer respectively to the reference and specimen CIELAB values:
∆L * = L *S − L *R ;

∆a * = a * S − a *R ;

∆b * = b * S − b *R ;

∆C *ab = C *ab,S − C *ab,R;

1 /2
∆E *ab = ⎡⎢ ( ∆L * ) 2 + ( ∆a * ) 2 + ( ∆b * ) 2 ⎤⎥ ;
⎣ ⎦

2 1 /2
∆H * ab = pq ⎣⎡ ( ∆E * ab ) − ( ∆L * ) 2 − ( ∆C * ab ) 2 ⎥⎤
⎦

where
p = 1 if m W 0

or
p = −1 if m < 0

and q = 1 if m u 1 80
or
q = −1 if m > 1 80

where m = hab,S − h ab,R

in which ... indicates that the positive value is to be used regardless of the sign of the expression between
the two lines.

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or the equivalent
1 /2
(
∆H * ab = t ⎡⎣ 2 C * ab,S C * ab,R − a *S a * R −b *S b * R ) ⎤
⎦

where
t=1 if a*S b*R u a*R b*S
or
t = −1 if a * S b * R > a * R b * S

3. 3 C al cu l ati on of th e CM C col ou r d i fferen ce, ∆Ecmc(l: c)

3. 3. 1 The CMC colour difference is obtained from the following equation:
1 /2
∆Ecmc ( l : c ) = ⎢⎡ ( ∆L * /lSL ) 2 + ( ∆C * ab /cS c ) 2 + ( ∆H * ab / SH ) 2 ⎥⎤
⎣ ⎦

Calculate the ellipsoid semi-axes from the L*R, C*ab,R and the hab,R of the reference as follows:
SL = 0,040 975 L * R / (1 + 0, 01 7 65 L * R ) if L *R W 1 6

or
SL = 0,51 1 if L * R < 1 6;

Sc = ⎣⎡ 0, 063 8 C* ab,R / (1 + 0,01 3 1 C* ab,R ) ⎦⎤ + 0, 638;

SH = ( FT + 1 − F ) S c

where
4 4 1 /2
F = ⎨⎧( C* ab,R ) / ⎢⎡ ( C* ab,R ) + 1 900 ⎥⎤ ⎬⎫ ;
⎩ ⎣ ⎦⎭

T = 0,36 + 0, 4 cos ( 35 + hab,R ) if hab,R W 345 ? or hab,R u 1 64 ?

or
T = 0,56 + 0, 2cos (1 68 + hab,R ) if 1 64 ? < hab,R < 345 ?.

3. 3. 2 The value of l is usually set to 2,0. The value of c shall always remain at 1 ,0. This fixes the ratio of the
three semi-axes to best correlate with visual assessment of typical textile samples. Other values of l may be
required in cases where the surface characteristics significantly differ from those of flat textiles.

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4 Tes t report

The test report shall include the following information:

a) the number and year of publication of this part of ISO 1 05, i.e. ISO 1 05-J03:2009;
b) all details necessary for complete identification of the sample and reference specimen(s) tested;
c) identification of the spectrophotometer or colorimeter, including the CIE geometry type, with which the
input data was obtained;
d) the ∆Ecmc(l: c) value(s) of the test specimen(s);
e) the values of l and c [e.g. CMC(2:1 )];
f) the illuminant and observer conditions used in the calculations (e.g. D65/1 0°);
g) if applicable, the acceptability tolerance used in making pass/fail judgements (see Annex A);
h) if required, the CMC component colour differences, ∆Lcmc, ∆Ccmc and ∆Hcmc;
i) if required, the CIELAB L*, a*, b*, C*ab, and hab values for references and test specimen(s) and the
associated ∆L*, ∆a*, ∆b*, ∆C*ab and ∆H*ab values;
j) the date of the test report.

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An n ex A

(informative)
I n terpretati on of res u l ts

For purposes of determining acceptability of colour match for some specific purpose, the user should
determine a “tolerance” which is agreeable to all parties involved. The ∆Ecmc value calculated between a
specimen and a reference, when compared to this agreed-upon tolerance, provides a means of determining if
a specimen is an acceptable match to the reference. Specimens which are compared to a reference will fall
into two categories: those for which the ∆Ecmc values are less than or equal to the agreed-upon tolerance are
acceptable (pass), while those for which the ∆Ecmc values are greater than the agreed-upon tolerance are
unacceptable (fail).
The equation for ∆Ecmc = 1 ,0 describes an ellipsoidal boundary (with axes in the directions of lightness,
chroma and hue) centred around a reference. The ellipsoid semi-axes lengths are defined by lSL, cSc and SH ,
and when multiplied by the agreed-upon tolerance describe a volume within which all specimens are
acceptable matches to the reference.
In some applications, the acceptable specimens need to be sorted into groups such that the specimens within
any one group are very close colour matches to each other and could be used, for example, to manufacture a
single garment. In such applications (e.g. rectangular “555” sorting), it becomes necessary to define
subvolumes of acceptability. The dimensions of each subvolume may be developed by using the ratio of the
three semi-axes of the CMC volume and dividing the total acceptance volume by the number of such
subvolumes. For “555” sorting, this is illustrated in Figure A.1 .
Although the total colour difference ∆Ecmc is valid for achromatic specimens, the method of partitioning this
difference is not valid when C*ab,R u 4,0 except for lightness differences. When C *ab,R u 4,0, the chroma and
hue difference components often do not correspond with visual assessments. The use of the individual
components for determining the size of the individual sort boxes for sorting purposes is still valid.

F i g u re A. 1 — “ 555” s ort b l ocks wi th i n accep tan ce vol u m e (2-dimensional view)

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An n ex B

(informative)
Repres en tati ve tes t d ata

To help check computer programs giving ∆Ecmc values from the CMC equation, some representative test data
are given in Table B.1 . The data are for illuminant D65 and the 1 0º observer using Xn = 94,81 1 , Yn = 1 00,00,
and Zn = 1 07,304 (from Table 1 ). The six reference pair colours shown are red, blue, yellow, green, grey and
another red. The l: c ratio used is 2:1 .

Tab l e B . 1 — Tes t d ata for th e C M C (2 : 1 ) form u l a (D 65/1 0 )

Tri s ti m u l u s val u es C I E LAB val u es

P ai r ∆Ecmc
X Y Z L* a* b*
69,556 70,797 67,1 46 87,39 5,32 7,1 9
1
68,61 4 69,698 65,942 86,85 5,59 7,29 0,42
53,1 80 57,467 66,036 80,44 −3,35 −3,84
2
54,385 58,760 67,1 1 1 81 ,1 6 −3,35 −3,52 0,45
63,089 67,667 23,1 26 85,84 −2,45 55,67
3
61 ,950 66,366 22,565 85,1 8 −2,26 55,52 0,27
23,1 78 28,245 21 ,074 60,1 1 −1 5,42 1 4,97
4
21 ,896 27,060 20,1 37 59,03 −1 6,64 1 4,86 0,97
1 2,938 1 3,590 1 6,071 43,64 0,35 −3,39
5
1 2,1 68 1 2,737 1 5,221 42,36 0,64 −3,68 0,81
1 4,640 1 1 ,1 00 1 1 ,060 39,75 27,95 2,35
6
1 4,520 1 1 ,1 90 1 2,220 39,90 26,57 −0,57 2,33

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An n ex C

(informative)
C om pu ter prog ram for cal cu l ati n g col ou r d i fferen ce

This is a simple test program written in BASIC for calculating ∆Ecmc. Specific forms of the program may require
modification for use on some computer systems.
1 0 'CMC ( L: C) CO LOUR DI F FERENCE FO RMULA

2 0 '##############################################

3 0 'Inp ut data and p rint res ults

4 0 '##############################################

5 0 INP UT " Inp ut CMC (l: c) weighting facto rs 'l', 'c ' " ; L, C

6 0 INP UT " Inp ut X, Y, Z o f re ference" ; X(1 ) , X(2 ) , X(3 )

65 LP RINT " X, Y, Z of reference" ; X(1 ) , X(2 ) , X(3 ) : GO S UB 1 6 0 : L1 =C L : A1 =C A : B 1 =CB

7 0 INP UT " Inp ut X, Y, Z o f sp eci me n" ; X(1 ) , X(2) , X(3 )

75 LP RINT " X, Y, Z OF sp ecimen " ; X(1 ) , X(2 ), X(3 ) : GOS UB 1 60 : L2 =C L : A2 =C A : B 2 =CB

8 0 GOS UB 2 3 0

9 0 LP RINT " L* , a* , b * , Hue angle o f refere nce " ; L1 , A1 , B 1 , H1

1 0 0 LP RINT " L* , a* , b * , Hue angle of sp ecimen " ; L2 , A2 , B 2 , H2

1 1 0 LP RINT " DL/IS I DC/cS c DH/S h DEc mc(" ; L; " : " C" )"

1 2 0 LP RINT DL; DC ; D H; DE : LP RINT : GOT O 6 0

1 3 0 '#############################################

1 4 0 'Calculate L* , a* , b * values (D6 5 /1 0 )

1 5 0 '#############################################

1 6 0 X(1 ) =X(1 ) /9 4. 8 1 1 : X(2) =X(2 ) /1 0 0 : X(3 ) =X(3 ) /1 0 7. 3 04

1 7 0 FOR I=1 T O 3 : IF X(I) <(6/2 9 ) ^3 T HEN F X(I) =8 4 1 /1 0 8 * X(I) +4/2 9 ELS E F X(I) =X(I)^(1 /3 )

1 8 0 NEXT

1 9 0 CL=1 1 6 * F X(2 ) -1 6 : C A=5 00 * (F X(1 ) - FX(2 ) ) : CB =2 0 0 * (FX(2 ) - F X(3 ) ) : RET URN

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2 1 0 'Calculate CMC colo ur difference

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2 3 0 DL=L2 - L1 : C1 =S QR(B 1 * B 1 +A1 * A1 ) : C2 =S Q R(B 2 * B 2 +A2 * A2 ) : D C =C2 - C1

2 4 0 S 1 =DL* D L+( A2 - A1 ) * ( A2 - A1 ) +(B 2 -B 1 ) * (B 2 -B 1 )

2 5 0 DH=0 : AA=S 1 -D L* D L-D C * D C: IF AA<=0 T HEN 2 6 0 ELS E DH=S QR( AA)

2 6 0 IF (A2 * B 2 ) =0 T HEN 2 8 0 ELS E H2 =1 8 0-S GN(B 2 ) * 9 0 - AT N(A2 /B 2 ) * 5 7 . 3

2 7 0 GOT O 3 0 0

2 8 0 B B 2 =S GN(AB S (B 2 ) ) : AA2 =S GN(A2 +B 2 )

2 9 0 H2 =9 0 * (B B 2 -AA2 +1 )

3 0 0 IF (A1 * B 1 ) =0 T HEN 3 2 0 ELS E H1 =1 8 0-S GN(B 1 ) * 9 0 - AT N(A1 /B 1 ) * 5 7 . 3

3 1 0 GOT O 3 4 0

3 2 0 B B 1 =S GN(AB S (B 1 ) ) : AA1 =S GN(A1 +B 1 )

3 3 0 H1 =9 0 * (B B 1 -AA1 +1 )

3 4 0 IF H1 <=1 6 4 OR H1 >=3 45 THEN 3 5 0 ELS E GOT O 3 60

3 5 0 T =. 3 6 +AB S (. 4 * COS ((H1 +3 5 ) /5 7. 3 ) ) : GOT O 3 7 0

3 6 0 T =. 5 6 +AB S (. 2 * COS ((H1 +1 6 8 ) /5 7 . 3 ))

3 7 0 S L=. 0 4 0 97 5 * L1 /(1 +. 0 1 765 * L1 ) : IF L1 <=1 6 T HEN LET S L=. 5 1 1

3 8 0 S C=. 0 6 3 8 * C1 /(1 +0. 0 1 3 1 * C1 ) +. 6 3 8 : F =S QR(C1 ^4 /(C1 ^4 +1 9 0 0 ) ) : S H=S C *

(T * F +1 -F ) : D L=D L/( L* S L) : DC=D C/(C * S C) : DH=DH/S H

3 85 DA=H2 -H1 : IF AB S (D A) >1 8 0 THEN Y1 =-1 ELS E Y1 =1

3 86 Y2 =Y1 * D A: IF Y2 <=0 T HEN DH=-DH

3 9 0 DE=S Q R(DL* D L+DC * D C+DH* DH)

4 0 0 RET URN

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