MONITORING THE COLOR IMPRESSION OF MULTICOLOR PATTERNED AREAS

A method and an arrangement for testing the quality of multicolor patterned surfaces with an n-channel imaging sensor such as a color camera or an imaging spectrometer. The method determines from the captured images the deviations of the color/spectral statistics and of the image sharpness with respect to references and, before an assessment, converts at least one of the deviations or threshold values using a transformation which emulates the genetically and/or culturally specific perception of the targeted customer groups. The method further allows a quality produced to be associated with a genetically and/or culturally specific group of customers who accept this quality in terms of their perception of multicolor patterned surfaces.