Statistical methods for analyzing color difference distributions

Abstract

Abstract Multivalued measurands, such as spectral reflectance and tristimulus values, are usually analyzed by reducing the data to a single‐valued parameter, such as color difference. The variations in sets of color differences are nonnormal distributed. This article compares five statistical methods to determine the 95% tolerance limit on nine data sets of color differences. Published 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Col Res Appl, 36, 160–168, 2011;