Editing Metamerism (color) (section)

=== Paint industry ===
Color matches made in the paint industry are often aimed at achieving a ''spectral color match'' rather than just a tristimulus (metameric) color match under a given spectrum of light. A spectral color match attempts to give two colors the same spectral reflectance characteristic, making them a good metameric match with a low degree of metamerism, and thereby reducing the sensitivity of the resulting color match to changes in illuminant, or differences between observers. One way to circumvent metamerism in paints is by using exactly the same pigment and base color compositions in the reproductions as the ones which were used in the original. When the composition of pigment and base color is unknown, metamerism can be avoided only with the use of colorimetric devices.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Luo |first1=Ming Ronnier |title=Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology |date=2016 |publisher=Springer|bibcode=2016ecst.book.....L }}</ref>