arger
ev
at
ons are assoc
ate
w
t
a c
ear t
nt.
e
stance to
anc
s a
so
nown as t
e c
romat
c
t
ap
olour renderin
is specified by irradiatin
defined test
colours in succession with a reference source
an ideal
Planck radiator with the tem
erature and there
ore co
lour temperature of the test li
ht source
and with the
test li
ht source. The speci
ic resultant colour shi
t
is de
ined
or ever
test colour i in the uni
orm colou
s
ace
IE 1964
W*, U*, V*
The speci
ic colour renderin
index
is de
ined as
ll
w
= 1
– 4.
Every special colour renderin
index can there
ore
r
h
m
xim
m v
l
1
wh
n th
t
t
l
appears identical under re
erence and test li
ht
source.
e
at
ve va
ues are a
so poss
e w
t
reater
deviations
and hence lar
er
.
.1
t
r
r
m
t
n
r
1
Th
rithm
ti
m
n
r
m th
ir
t
t
t
l
r
(see Table 4) shows the
eneral colour renderin
index
RI or
e
enera
co
our ren
er
n
n
ex resu
ts
n t
e
colour renderin
levels
or li
ht sources
iven in
T
l
Table 5:
olour rendering level
part
rom the
irst 8 colour renderin
indexes,
DIN 6169 also de
ines other test colours
which are
r
t
r
t
l
r
n
iti
n
l t
t
l
r
. Th
urther test colours
ermit a more
recise descri
tion
o
the colour renderin
properties o
the li
ht source.
In principle it is possible to de
ine an
random number
o
man
di
erent test colours
an
s to a
er poss
e wa
oa
, t
e co
our ren
derin
properties when usin
P
WERBALL
tec
no
o
y
ave been visibl
improved compared to the lamp with
lindrical ceramic arc tube. A
urther improvement
specific Color rendering index
HQI-T POWERSTAR
Typical lamp with
cylindrical ceramic
Fi
. 52:
omparison of the specific colour renderin
indices for various metal halide lamps
aturated colours and additional test colou
t
R1 – Dusky pink
R3 – Yellow green
R5 – Turquoise blue
R7 – Aster violet
R2 – Mustard yellow
R4 – Light green
R6 – Sky blue
R8 – Syringa violet
R9 – Red
R11 – Green
R13 – Skin colour
R10 – Yellow
R12 – Blue
R14 – Leaf green
4:
t
r
r
m
1
v
t
olour renderin
level
olour renderin
index
RI
ery
oo
1
ery goo
1
–
o
– 7
o
–
ubo
tima
–
Suboptima
–
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