Continuing to explore what can be gleaned through the Windows application that works with the VeyKolor ColorReaderMax we discovered the Print/Export functionality.
Here is just one sample of the possible formats:
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| Mystery Box vs Test Samples (All) |
Not only does it print the data and spectral graph; but, includes the positioning of the target and the distance from at least one sample in the color space.
Unfortunately, I have not been able to find any full documentation on this application; but, there appears to be a lot more to explore.
For fun, I wanted to see how the ColorReader Max dealt with high gloss filaments and specialty filaments like Bambu Sparkle.
Here is the export from the comparison between R3D Silk Silver and a Geeetech Silver.
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| Exported Report from ColorExpert - Silver Compare |
Notice the change in the position of the little red dot in the crosshair graphics at the top right. Again, it appears to indicate the DIFFERENCE distance value between the Target and Sample. While barely discernible by eye, the ColorReader Max clearly found the R3D silver to be brighter than the Geeetech.
What may or may not be evident is the glossiness of one over another. This may be due to the D8/10 system if diffused lighting used in both the LS173 and the ColorReader Max. It does not seem to be influenced by specularity of any of the gloss or sparkle samples tested. It just reported the color accurately.
I think I expected to see little spikes from the bits of sparkle material. But, as you can see, from this evaluation of Sparkle Red, the spectral graph smoothly reports the color frequencies.
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| Sparkle Red Color Sample Results |
What began as a simple quest to find a filament used in the past, has opened a wonderful door to being able to document filament colors with accurate comparisons that I hope will help us tremendously as we move into full color 3d printing.
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