The Full Spectrum of Color Analysis
Flexibility, performance, and innovation—LightTools delivers it all.
Get accurate, fast predictions of your illumination system’s color performance with Light Tools. Tailored to meet diverse application demands, our robust design and analysis capabilities
provide a seamless package to achieve any
color performance goal, from uniformity to
quality to saturation.
Color Definition
• Full-spectral sources and
chromaticity calculations
based on real colors using
CIE coordinates
• Spectral-dependent materials,
reflectors, and diffusers
• Color ray data, wavelength
or tri-stimulus based
• Fully dispersive ray tracing
• Backward ray tracing for
illuminance, intensity, and
spatial and angular luminance
calculations
• Wavelength-dependent bulk
absorption, reflectance, and
transmittance
Performance and
Reliability
Integrated optimization
automatically determines the
best design that meets color specifications
and ensures performance and reliability
when manufactured. Evaluate the lit or unlit
true color appearance of your system with
photorealistic rendering.
Spectral Flexibility
Light Tools provides flexible design options
while specifying color in your optical
system. Easily define the color of materials
and surfaces, or use the industry’s most
complete phosphor capability to add color
to the components. Accurately simulate the
colorimetric performance of any source, from
LEDs to CFLs, from filaments to the Sun.
Innovation
Smart output smoothing uses a unique
algorithm to reduce statistical noise and
provide rapid, accurate color analysis results.
Verify your design’s compliance with
performance requirements at any stage of
the design process.
Color Analysis
• Color meshes and points
• RGB true-color plots
• Smart output smoothing
• Spectral power distribution
and CRI
• Photorealistic rendering
• Individual or combined CRI
calculations on any receiver
Unsurpassed color definition, comprehensive
color analysis—from the optical design
innovation leader you’ve trusted for over
45 years.
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