FED-STD-595C
b. Ordering Information, Commercial Customers: Fan Decks, the Color Book,
individual color chips, and sets of color chips are for sale by the General Services
Administration at the following address:
GSA Property Management
GSA/CO/3QSCB
490 L'Enfant Plaza East S.W.
Suite 8214
Washington, D.C. 20407
c. Ordering Information, Government Customers: Individual color chips, Color Book, and
sets of color chips are available at the address listed in "b" above. Fan Decks are
available via routine supply channels under National Stock Number 7690-01-162-2210.
d. Color Identification: Each color is identified by a five-digit code. Colors in this standard
are not to be referenced without giving the five-digit code.
e. Current Color Reference System: There are eight color groups and three gloss
designations.
i. First number corresponds to the gloss level (See Table 1 below.)
ii. Second number corresponds to the color group (See Table 2 below)
iii. Last 3 numbers represent that particular color by the sequence added and its
relative placement from light to dark.
Table 1, First Digit
Gloss Level
First Digit
Finish
Minimum
Maximum
1
Gloss
80
--
2
Semi-gloss
30
45
3
Flat
--
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Table 2, Second Digit
Second Digit
Color Groups
0
Brown
1
Red
2
Orange
3
Yellow
4
Green
5
Blue
6
Gray
7
Misc (Black, White, Gold, Silver, Violet)
8
Fluorescent
Tristimulus, Specular Gloss Values: Unless otherwise noted, tristimulus values
f.
referenced in this standard are expressed in Illuminant C or D65 (daylight), Illuminant A
(incandescent tungsten lamplight), Illuminant F2 (standard cool white fluorescent lamp)
in accordance with ASTM E308 Standard Practice for Computing the Colors of Objects
by Using the CIE System. (Reference CIE 1931 2-degree observer using 0° - 45°
illumination, Hunter Colorimeter.) 60° Specular Gloss is calculated in accordance with
Standard Number ASTM D523, Standard Test Method for Specular Gloss.
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