Blue Wool Standard

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Scope note
An ISO standard developed to measure and calibrate lightfastness and fading of colorants and other materials. It consists of a card that contains eight sections of blue-dyed wool cloth, each with a different lightfastness. The dyes fade at a known rate.
Blue Wool Standard
Accepted term: 29-Apr-2024