visual colorimetry

visual colorimetry

[′vizh·ə·wəl ‚kəl·ə′rim·ə·trē]

(analytical chemistry)

A procedure for the determination of the color of an unknown solution by visual comparison to color standards (solutions or color-tinted disks).

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