ISO/DIS 22700

Leather — Measuring the colour and colour difference of finished leather ISO/DIS 22700

General information

40.60   Close of voting   May 9, 2026

ISO

IULTCS International Union of Leather Technologists and Chemists Societies

International Standard

59.140.30   Leather and furs

Scope

This document specifies a method for the correct measurement of the colour of finished leather by instrumental means. The document describes general concepts of colour measurement adapted to leather and the calculation of differences in colour.
This document defines the following:
a) the use of D65 as the standard light source for the leather industry;
b) the use of D65 light source 10° as standard conditions for colour matching, for the definition of daylight simulators and as the reference light source for metamerism analysis;
c) the use of CIEDE2000 as the colour difference formula.

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ISO 22700:2019

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ISO/DIS 22700
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