The internet is full of Top 10 Countdowns. We enjoy looking back at our most popular blogs and learning resources to better understand what interests you – our readers.
We’ve been publishing our top-read learning resources since 2016, and we’re happy to see some educational topics like color perception, tolerancing, and spectrophotometers continue to rank year after year.
Here’s a list of the topics our readers enjoyed most in 2023. Have you read them all?
Top 5 X-Rite Blogs of 2023
Number 5: What Does a Spectrophotometer Measure?
Spectrophotometers provide color data for a variety of samples, including liquids, plastics, paper, metal, fabric, paint, and more. This blog introduces the three primary types of spectrophotometers and how they work.
Number 4: How to Calibrate Your Monitor in 10 Steps
When you work on an un-calibrated and un-profiled monitor, you can’t trust the colors you see on-screen to make good editing decisions.
Number 3: Tolerancing Part 3: Color Space vs. Color Tolerance
This popular tolerancing series looks into the history of color analysis and the role of light in tolerancing. This is the third blog in the tolerancing blog series, which explains the difference between color space and color tolerance and introduces the most common methods to control color.
Number 2: Color Perception Part 1: The Effect of Light
When it comes to human color perception, our eyes can be deceived. Without getting too technical, here is an introduction to the way light affects our perception of color.
Number 1: LAB Color Values / Color Spaces
Like geographic coordinates – longitude, latitude, and altitude – L*a*b* color values give us a way to locate and communicate colors. Learn the history of L*a*b.
Top 5 X-Rite Learning Resources of 2023
Number 5: Color Training & Seminars
Many of our readers were looking for learning opportunities. This page lists our library of seminars, classroom, and on-site training, eLearning modules, and custom online help. Start browsing to see what interests you.
Number 4: Color Tolerance: The Key to Accurate Color
Even when using spectral data and a color tolerance to quantify color, customers and suppliers can still disagree. This whitepaper offers tips to select the right color tolerancing method and set a realistic color tolerance.
Number 3: Using our Solutions
Quite a few readers were searching for tips to increase efficiency. This page showcases our library of Application Briefs, which outline the most common challenges by industry and application. If you’re looking for industry best practices to communicate, formulate, measure, or produce color, start your search here.
Number 2: A Guide to Understanding Color
Whether you are a novice or an expert in the art and science of color, you will find useful information to ensure color plays a positive role in the success of your business. Download your free copy of this comprehensive 40-page guide.
Number 1: What is a Spectrophotometer?
Want to learn more about the science behind a spectrophotometer? This article includes an educational video that explains how a spectrophotometer captures reflected or transmitted light to quantify the color of a sample.
What Would You Like to Learn from X-Rite in 2024?
We’re planning our 2024 blog calendar. What color topics would you like to learn more about this year? Get in touch on LinkedIn to let us know!
