Col­ors appear dif­fer­ently under dif­fer­ent light­ing con­di­tions. Use of a light booth to sim­u­late dif­fer­ent light­ing con­di­tions helps to obtain objec­tive color assess­ment, improves com­mu­ni­ca­tion and reduces prod­uct rejec­tions.
BYK-Gard­ner offers a com­plete line of light booths which allow you to see what your prod­uct will look like - inde­pen­dent of loca­tion and envi­ron­men­tal influ­ences. 

byko-spec­tra

For crit­i­cal color eval­u­a­tion the byko-spec­tra light booth offers every option and fea­ture that is needed to eval­u­ate and com­mu­ni­cate color with abso­lute con­fi­dence.

• Com­pari­son of stan­dard and sam­ple in a color-neu­tral envi­ron­ment
• Five dif­fer­ent con­trolled light sources:
  Day­light                         D65
  Incan­de­s­cent light           A
  Depart­ment store light    CWF and TL84
  Ultra-vio­let light               UV
• View­ing under ultra­vi­o­let light to detect and eval­u­ate opti­cal bright­en­ers or flu­o­res­cent pig­ments
• No warm-up time or flick­er­ing which ensures quick and reli­able color judge­ment
• Auto­matic light source sequenc­ing to stan­dardize test­ing pro­ce­dures
  
• Col­or­Guard II tim­ing cen­ter tracks light source usage and indi­cates when to replace the lamps
• Dif­fus­ing panel to elim­i­nate direct reflec­tion
• Com­fort­able test­ing in a com­pact design – for lab­o­ra­tory and pro­duc­tion

Comes com­plete with:
byko-spec­tra light booth
5 light sources: D65, A, CWF, TL84, UV
Cer­tifi­cate
Oper­at­ing instruc­tions

For Pre­ven­tive Main­te­nance see page 271.

byko-spec­tra basic

For gen­eral color eval­u­a­tion under defined light­ing con­di­tions the byko-spec­tra basic light booth offers the fol­low­ing ben­e­fits:

• Com­pari­son of stan­dard and sam­ple in a color-neu­tral
  envi­ron­ment
  
  
• Three dif­fer­ent con­trolled light sources:
  Day­light                         D65
  Incan­de­s­cent light           A
  Depart­ment store light    CWF or TL84
  
  
• Easy to oper­ate by using indi­vi­d­ual switches for each
  light source
  
  
• Can be set up in min­utes with­out any tools
  
  
• Eco­nom­i­cal test­ing of large sam­ples in a com­pact
  design – for lab­o­ra­tory and pro­duc­tion

Comes com­plete with:
byko-spec­tra basic light booth
3 light sources: D65, A, CWF or TL84
Oper­at­ing instruc­tions

Note: We rec­om­mend to replace the lamps every 2500 hours.

byko-spec­tra mini

For gen­eral color eval­u­a­tion of small sam­ples the
byko-spec­tra mini light booth offers the fol­low­ing ben­e­fits:

• Com­pari­son of stan­dard and sam­ple in a color-neu­tral envi­ron­ment
  
  
• Three dif­fer­ent con­trolled light sources:
  Day­light                         D65
  Incan­de­s­cent light           A
  Depart­ment store light    CWF or TL84
  
  
• Easy to oper­ate by using indi­vi­d­ual switches for each light source
  
  
• Can be set up in min­utes with­out any tools
  
  
• Eco­nom­i­cal test­ing of small sam­ples in a com­pact design – for lab­o­ra­tory and pro­duc­tion

Comes com­plete with:
byko-spec­tra mini light booth
3 light sources: D65, A, CWF or TL84
Oper­at­ing instruc­tions

Note: We rec­om­mend to replace the lamps every 2500 hours.

Effect fin­ish appear­ance is influ­enced by dif­fer­ent view­ing angles and view­ing con­di­tions. With BYK-Gard­ner's new
byko-spec­tra effect light booth, it is now pos­si­ble to con­trol both param­e­ters to ensure objec­tive eval­u­a­tion of the total color impres­sion of effect fin­ishes. This helps to improve com­mu­ni­ca­tion and reduce prod­uct rejec­tions.

byko-spec­tra effect

For objec­tive eval­u­a­tion of color under dif­fer­ent view­ing angles, and flake char­ac­ter­i­za­tion under dif­fer­ent illu­mi­na­tion con­di­tions, the new byko-spec­tra effect light booth offers the fol­low­ing advan­tages:   

• Com­pari­son of stan­dard and sam­ple under direct illu­mi­na­tion in a black envi­ron­ment
  
  
• Color eval­u­a­tion for day­light under 6 defined view­ing angles:
  A tiltable sam­ple table allows the sam­ples to be pre­sented at the fol­low­ing angles:-15°/15°/25°/45°/75°/110°. The illu­mi­na­tion sys­tem also piv­ots, insur­ing excel­lent agree­ment with the mea­sure­ment results of multi-angle color instru­ments.
  
  
• Sparkle eval­u­a­tion under 15°, 45° and 75° direct illu­mi­na­tion: Three indi­vi­d­ual LED sets sim­u­late the impres­sion of direct sun­light. The LED light sources are guar­an­teed for 10 years.
  
  
• No warm-up or flick­er­ing - quick and reli­able color and effect judge­ment is ensured
  
  
• Timer to track day­light lamp usage and indi­cate when to replace the tube
  
  
• Dimmable sparkle illu­mi­na­tion to adjust for dif­fer­ent sam­ple light­ness

Comes com­plete with:
byko-spec­tra effect light booth
Oper­at­ing instruc­tions

For more infor­ma­tion on objec­tive
mea­sure­ments of effect fin­ishes
see pages 95 - 112.