{"id":20584,"date":"2020-07-14T13:51:01","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T17:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sensing.konicaminolta.us\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=20584"},"modified":"2021-11-08T11:00:37","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T16:00:37","slug":"creating-harmony-in-automobile-interior","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/sensing.konicaminolta.us\/us\/blog\/creating-harmony-in-automobile-interior\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating harmony in automobile interior"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Automotive interiors consist of many components, dashboard, steering wheel, door trim, seat, center console, etc. These components need to work in harmony with each other to give the occupants a comfortable feeling.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sensing.konicaminolta.us\/us\/learning-center\/white-papers\/automotive-white-paper-measuring-automotive-interiors\/\">To create good harmony, the appearance of all components needs to be carefully controlled<\/a>. Color is a major factor in appearance. The human eye is sensitive and can catch the color difference of adjacent components, such as between a dashboard and a door trim. Since different suppliers manufacture various components, color differences may occur due to different materials, different colorants, and different molding processes.<\/p>\n<p>To achieve color harmony, auto manufactures inspect incoming components with a spectrophotometer. <a href=\"https:\/\/sensing.konicaminolta.us\/us\/resources\/spectrophotometers\/\">A spectrophotometer<\/a> typically gives color measurement data using the L* a* b* color space. For example, the color difference in b* value indicates the color is yellowish or blueish versus the ideal standard target color. By checking color with a spectrophotometer, the color quality is precisely inspected, and then be communicated to achieve the ideal level.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sensing.konicaminolta.us\/us\/blog\/metamerism-meets-its-match\/\">It is important to maintain color harmony under different lighting conditions<\/a>. Color harmony should be equal both in the dealer showroom, under fluorescent light, and when driving under daylight. Since a spectrophotometer captures color of a sample with its spectral sensor, it can calculate, then output data under a wide range of lighting conditions to test color harmony in multiple lighting conditions, important for a quality inspection program.<\/p>\n<p>Besides color, <a href=\"https:\/\/sensing.konicaminolta.us\/us\/blog\/what-is-gloss-and-how-do-you-measure-it\/\">gloss is also a factor of appearance<\/a>. Even if it is the same colorant used in the same material, a component with a different surface finish gives a different appearance to the human eye. For example, synthetic leather is widely used for a dashboard. The uniquely designed surface has texture and gives a luxurious touch. Even if the same synthetic leather with the same colorant is used, it gives a different appearance. Texture can give a glossy finish or even a matte finish on a surface. A gloss measurement instrument like a gloss meter captures such a difference.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20588 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sensing.konicaminolta.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/300x200-CM-26dG-Auto-Interior.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sensing.konicaminolta.us\/us\/blog\/the-significance-of-quantifying-color-and-gloss-in-one-measurement\/\">Color and gloss are two important factors to evaluate appearance<\/a>. In the manufacturing scene, a gloss meter is widely used together with a spectrophotometer. Konica Minolta Sensing has come up with a spectrophotometer, with a built-in gloss measurement function. <a href=\"https:\/\/sensing.konicaminolta.us\/us\/products\/cm-26dg-spectrophotometer\/\">The CM-26dG measures color and gloss simultaneously<\/a>. A user can take the measurement data of the same spot since he\/she does not need to use two instruments switching one to another, saving time in workflow. The lightweight compact body with a low profile can flexibly be positioned in various spots of interior surfaces. Its data accuracy of lab-grade bench spectrophotometers enables data communication among different divisions or across manufacturing locations. <a href=\"https:\/\/sensing.konicaminolta.us\/us\/events\/on-demand-webinars\/webinar-form\/?webinar=measuring-color-gloss-cm-26dg\">Learn more in our webinar Measuring Color &amp; Gloss with the high-performance Spectrophotometer CM-26dG<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20585,"template":"","learning_center_categories":[237],"class_list":["post-20584","blog","type-blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","learning_center_categories-color-appearance-measurement"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.4 (Yoast SEO v24.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Creating harmony in automobile interior - Konica Minolta Sensing<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"To achieve color harmony, auto manufactures inspect incoming components with a spectrophotometer to measure both color and gloss levels.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sensing.konicaminolta.us\/us\/blog\/creating-harmony-in-automobile-interior\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Creating harmony in automobile interior\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Automotive interiors consist of many components, dashboard, steering wheel, door trim, seat, center console, etc. These components need to work in harmony\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sensing.konicaminolta.us\/us\/blog\/creating-harmony-in-automobile-interior\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Konica Minolta Sensing\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KonicaMinoltaSensingAmericas\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-11-08T16:00:37+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sensing.konicaminolta.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/300x200-Auto-Interior.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"200\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@KMSensingUS\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sensing.konicaminolta.us\/us\/blog\/creating-harmony-in-automobile-interior\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sensing.konicaminolta.us\/us\/blog\/creating-harmony-in-automobile-interior\/\",\"name\":\"Creating harmony in automobile interior - 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