(X-Rite: Grand Rapids, MI) -- X-Rite Inc., a global leader in color science and technology, announces the Judge LED light booth, designed for precise visual color evaluation as industries shift from fluorescent to energy-efficient LED lighting. Building on 60 years of lighting innovation, X-Rite’s new light booth incorporates advanced LED technology to ensure compliance with environmental regulations and help brands and suppliers transition smoothly to LED-based color assessments, maintaining quality without operational disruptions.

The global shift to LED lighting, driven by energy efficiency mandates and governmental regulations, presents a new challenge for industries such as textiles, automotive, paint and coatings, plastics, and packaging that depend on color accuracy. Fluorescent and LED illuminants have distinct spectral power distributions (SPD) that can dramatically affect color perception. To maintain color consistency across the supply chain—from design to production to retail—visual evaluation programs must integrate LED standards into their color workflows.

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