The GM9131P standard developed by the General Motors company describes a test method for determining the color change resistance of automotive materials to temperature and humidity.
All kinds of materials change color with temperature. These changes cause the material to exhibit a perception-altering shift in reflected light wavelengths. Often times the color shift is so slight that it is never noticeable to the naked eye.
Objects can be colored in two ways: they either reflect light or emit light. Light can be thought of as a wave. Color is perceived due to different wavelengths of light. Only a small part of the full electromagnetic spectrum of light is visible. When an object absorbs and reflects light, the energy in that light is transferred to the object and dissipated as heat. When an object absorbs most of the light in the visual spectrum, it appears black. It looks white if it scatters most of the light. Black objects absorb more heat than white objects. If an object is red, that object reflects red light and absorbs non-red light.
However, it is difficult to predict which color will absorb more heat. It depends on whether the two objects are the same material, the brightness of the objects, exactly what hues they are, and what kind of light source illuminates them.
Conversely, temperature can also have an effect on color. Everything emits light because of its temperature, and as something heats up, the wavelength of the light it emits becomes smaller and therefore its energy increases.
There is varying degrees of water vapor (humidity) in the air in all climates. Generally, dry air absorbs small particles of moisture from the paint. This affects the mixture of color and additives in the paint and softens the color somewhat.
Humidity in the air is also a negative factor in the drying of the initial paint. As humidity increases, the paint takes longer to dry. Depending on how high the humidity is, some paints may not dry at all . For electrostatic paints, a relative humidity of 45-60% at 20-25 degrees Celsius is considered ideal.
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