Category: Opacity Meters – Discontinued

This is the degree to which a coating will obscure the surface to which it has been applied. Opacity is measured in a similar way to shade, however opacity, or hiding power, as defined by ISO 2814 involves measuring whiteness of a known film of test material on both a black (less than 5%) and a white (greater than 75%, less than 85%) substrate. An Opacity Meters such as the Rhopoint Novo-Shade Dup is used to measure Opacity. A full range of opacity test charts are also available.