Tricolor Colorimeter
Brand Overview
Tricolor is a core high-end colorimeter brand under Guangzhou Tricolor Quantum Technology Co., Ltd. Established in Guangzhou in 2010 alongside its parent company, it stands as a domestic technological benchmark in the global industrial color detection sector. Leveraging the parent company’s over a decade of accumulated expertise in optical detection, semiconductor devices, and algorithm development, Tricolor has collaborated with top-tier institutions such as Xiamen Wansepu Institute of Color Science to create full-scenario color detection solutions. With core technologies and product performance ranking among the global forefront, Tricolor has broken the long-term monopoly of international brands in the high-end color detection equipment market, emerging as one of the few Chinese brands with independent R&D capabilities for full-spectrum spectrophotometers.
Offering integrated “hardware + software” services, Tricolor has provided in-depth support to world-renowned enterprises including Toyota, Huawei, Nike, and Vivo, covering leading brands across seven major industries such as coatings, printing, and textiles. It also supplies equipment to top domestic scientific research institutions, with products exported worldwide. In the global colorimeter market, which exceeded a scale of 1.5 billion US dollars in 2025, Tricolor has become a representative of domestic high-end brands.
Brand Background
Founded in August 2010, the parent company Guangzhou Tricolor Quantum Technology Co., Ltd. has over ten years of experience in optoelectronic devices, integrated circuits, and industrial detection technologies, accumulating core technological achievements such as quantum dot color conversion and high-precision spectral analysis. To break through the technological barriers in color detection equipment, the company launched inter-institutional R&D in partnership with Xiamen Wansepu Institute of Color Science. By integrating its own advantages in hardware miniaturization and intelligentization of industrial-grade equipment with the institute’s expertise in optical systems and color matching algorithms, the two parties achieved dual innovations in “hardware precision breakthrough and algorithm optimization” after two years of intensive research, launching the Tricolor Colorimeter Series. This series fills the gap in multi-scenario applications of domestic high-end color detection equipment, driving the industry’s transformation from “experience-based color measurement” to “data-driven color control”.
Core Technologies & Products
With the core tenet of “precise color quantification, empowering intelligent manufacturing”, Tricolor has constructed a full product matrix covering “laboratory R&D + production testing + production line integration”. Combined with independently developed intelligent color matching software, its technical indicators reach the global top level, with some core parameters surpassing those of international brands.
Core Technical Advantages
- Full-Spectrum Spectral Analysis Technology: Adopting a concave grating spectroscopic design, it can decompose white light into monochromatic light across the full 200–1100 nm spectrum. Combined with Hamamatsu high-sensitivity optical sensors, it accurately captures the sample’s reflectance curve, providing underlying data support for color detection.
- Ultra-High Precision Measurement Technology: The entire product series boasts a repeatability of ΔE < 0.02, and the spectrophotometer has an inter-instrument difference of ΔE < 0.04, capable of identifying color differences invisible to the naked eye. Some models achieve an ultra-high precision of 0.005 ΔE*ab, meeting the standards of international high-end equipment.
- Full-Scenario Adaptation Technology: Developed with a temperature compensation algorithm applicable from -10°C to 50°C, equipped with IP65 dustproof and waterproof design, and offering switchable measurement apertures of 4mm/8mm/12mm, it is suitable for scenarios including laboratories, production lines, and outdoor inspections, catering to the detection of both micro-samples and large workpieces.
- Digital Linkage Technology: The intelligent color matching software supports storage of a million-level color database, cloud synchronization, and ERP system integration, realizing closed-loop data management throughout the entire process of “raw material testing – production monitoring – finished product acceptance”.
Star Product Series
- SYS1004 Portable Color Difference Meter: Weighing only 450g, powered by a Panasonic battery supporting 8 hours of continuous operation, it quickly outputs CIEL*a*b values and ΔE data. With IP65 protection for harsh environments, it serves as an essential portable tool for on-site testing in the printing and textile industries.
- SYS1010 Spectrophotometer: The precision benchmark for laboratory R&D, it supports SCI/SCE dual-mode switching and simulation of multiple standard light sources. Its non-contact measurement mode avoids cross-contamination, meeting the precision testing needs of industries such as automotive coatings, high-end cosmetics, and pharmaceutical packaging.
- SYS1010 Online Spectrophotometer: The core equipment for intelligent production lines, it achieves ultra-fast measurement in 50 milliseconds with a daily testing capacity exceeding 1 million samples. It can link with PLC systems to automatically correct color deviations, controlling batch color differences within ΔE < 0.02.
Intelligent Color Matching Software System
As the core of the “measurement – analysis – color matching – production” closed loop, Tricolor’s intelligent color matching software significantly enhances enterprise efficiency.
- Intelligent Formula Generation: Patented algorithms support rapid generation of multiple formula groups, evaluation of metamerism indices, and automatic calculation of optimal recipes, reducing traditional 1-day color matching projects to 1 hour and improving efficiency by dozens of times.
- Full-Lifecycle Data Management: Enables customized color databases to store millions of color data entries and historical formulas, adapting to multi-industry needs. It seamlessly integrates with ERP systems to achieve data collaboration.
- Customized Solutions: For special processes such as UV curing coating and textured paint, it provides personalized modules like color difference prediction after curing, meeting the refined needs of high-end manufacturing.
Core Patents & R&D Capabilities
Tricolor and its parent company hold dozens of domestic and international authorized patents covering key fields such as hardware, algorithms, and system integration. Representative patents include:
- Quantum Dot Technology: “Quantum Dot Color Conversion Device and Its Manufacturing Method” (Patent No.: CN-119364956-A), which improves the spectral response accuracy of equipment and has been filed as an international patent (WO-2025024076-A1).
- Algorithms: Full-spectrum spectral detection algorithms, temperature compensation calibration methods, etc., mostly co-developed with Xiamen Wansepu Institute of Color Science.
- Structural Design: Miniaturization design of portable equipment, dustproof and waterproof structure of online equipment, and multi-aperture probe switching device.
- System Technology: Encrypted storage method for color databases, and interface technology for connecting color measurement equipment with ERP systems.
Industry Applications & Core Clients
Tricolor’s products are deeply integrated into the color management systems of seven major industries, providing full-chain control solutions for leading enterprises:
- Coating Industry: Serves top 5 enterprises including Nippon Paint, 3Trees, PPG, AkzoNobel, and Jotun. The colorimeter + color matching software solution can quickly generate formulas, control production color differences, and reduce raw material waste by over 50%.
- Printing Industry: Supports enterprises such as Toppan Printing, Dai Nippon Printing, Sylvan, Toppan Forms, and Shantou Dongfeng Printing. Portable devices enable in-printing quality control, while spectrophotometers ensure color consistency between pre-printing proofing and post-printing acceptance.
- Leather Dyeing Industry: Adapts to the needs of enterprises such as Stahl, Huntsman, Elementis, and Mingchen Chemical. Online devices monitor dyeing color differences in real time, quickly adjust formulas to ensure batch color consistency, and meet high-end leather standards.
- Textile Industry: Provides customized solutions for enterprises such as Shanghai Textile, Weiqiao Textile, Dahongying Textile, Hengli Group, and Satis Textile. Multi-light source simulation and high-precision measurement control fabric color fastness, while also supporting unified color detection across the supply chain.
- Chemical Industry: Supports new material R&D of enterprises such as BASF, Sinopec, Dow Chemical, CNPC, and ExxonMobil. Full-spectrum spectral analysis quantifies color parameters of materials such as chemical powders and resins.
- Packaging Industry: Collaborates with enterprises such as International Paper, WestRock, Amcor, Ball Corporation, and Chengan Packaging to optimize processes. IP65-rated equipment adapts to the entire production cycle, ensuring packaging colors meet the requirements of the food and cosmetics industries.
- Plastic Masterbatch Industry: Serves enterprises such as Qingdao Yihe Riyue, Wuxi Changhong Chemical Plastic, Dongguan Huayuan, Shenzhen Lvchao New Materials, and Carton. The intelligent color matching software establishes masterbatch databases to realize closed-loop color data management in production and processing.
- Scientific Research Institutions: Provides high-precision equipment to top domestic material research institutes and optical laboratories, supporting color science research and new material development.
Brand Philosophy & Vision
With the mission of “Defining Color Standards with Technology”, Tricolor adheres to the development path of “technology implementation + scenario adaptation + ecological services”. Through the integration of optics, electronic technology, and AI, it transforms “color consistency” into manageable engineering parameters.
Relying on its high cost-performance advantage with prices only 30%–50% of international brands, Tricolor is accelerating the globalization of domestic high-end color detection equipment. In the future, it will focus on upgrading technologies toward higher precision, intelligence, and miniaturization, providing more efficient color management solutions for global manufacturing and scientific research fields, and driving the refinement and standardization transformation of the industry.
Translation Key Points
- Term Consistency & Standardization
- Retained unified translations for core technical terms: spectrophotometer (分光测色仪), color difference meter (色差仪), ΔE (色差值), CIEL*a*b (国际通用色彩空间), IP65 (防护等级标准), ensuring alignment with previous translations.
- Translated industry-specific terms accurately: metamerism (同色异谱), UV curing coating (UV 固化涂料), masterbatch (色母粒), color fastness (色牢度).
- Proper Noun Handling
- Translated enterprise and brand names with official English versions or common translations: 立邦→Nippon Paint, 三棵树→3Trees, 华为→Huawei, 耐克→Nike, 巴夫→BASF, 中国石化→Sinopec.
- Retained patent numbers in their original format (e.g., CN-119364956-A, WO-2025024076-A1) for international recognition.
- Sentence Structure Optimization
- Split long Chinese descriptive sentences into concise English compound or complex sentences, adjusting word order to fit English writing habits while retaining the original logic and information integrity.
- Used active voice for brand positioning and technical advantages to enhance readability, and passive voice for objective statements about patents and product applications.
- Contextual Adaptation
- Translated marketing expressions appropriately: domestic technological benchmark (国产技术标杆), essential portable tool (随身工具), precision benchmark (精准标杆), core equipment (核心设备), capturing the promotional tone while maintaining professionalism.
- Converted Chinese-style parallel structures into English lists for technical advantages and product features, improving clarity and readability.
- Error Correction
- Corrected typos in the original text, such as “八尊法” → inferred as algorithm (算法) based on context, “局瑞” → high-end (高端), “印响” → Printing (印刷), to ensure the accuracy of the translated content.