January 18, 2006—The Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturer’s Association (BIFMA International) has announced the availability of the new standard for color measurement. The new standard, BIFMA Color 3.1-2005 was released January 16, 2006.
This standard is intended to provide a common practice of color measurement technique for office furniture manufacturers and suppliers, the association says. The BIFMA Color Working Group’s intent was to take numerous standards already written for color evaluation and make them user-friendly and directly applicable to the furniture industry. During the document development process, care was taken to maintain the guiding principals of other, more voluminous publications while simplifying the language. The BIFMA Color Working Group believes this document to be a practical bench top document for color measurement.
The new standard provides a description of Primary and Secondary Light Sources. A section of the standard is dedicated to the evaluation of painted and solid laminate surfaces, as well as the evaluation of plastics and textiles. Definitions of the complex terms used in color measurement evaluations are also provided.
Copies of the BIFMA Color 3.1-2005 are available in electronic (pdf file) or paper copy. A copy of the Standard Order Form can be downloaded from the BIFMA Web site or contact the office directly at 616-285-3963.
