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5.1. Color measurement
To ensure correct color measurement please position the measuring
sensor of your Color Star at a right angle to the surface you wish to analyze
and briefly press the color measurement button (A). The color will be
announced in a clear spoken voice.
Be sure that no light enters between the sensor and the object surface,
otherwise the measurement is not reliable or no measurement is possible
at all. Also be sure to keep the device as still as possible during
measurement.
5.2. Identifying patterns and measuring color contrast
Press and hold the color measurement button (A) and scan your Color
Star over the surface of an object or a document. If the signal sequence is
fairly constant, the surface you are measuring is unicolor. Higher-pitched
signals stand for lighter colors and lower-pitched signals for darker colors.
If the tone sequence varies, the surface is patterned (e.g. writing). If you
hear a dynamic and vibrant signal sequence, the surface is multicolored
(e.g. in a picture/photo).
The signal sequence will tell you if there is writing on a document, where
the writing is, if there are pictures included and where exactly these are.
5.3. Light detector and light analysis
This function enables you to detect light sources
– be it natural or artificial
– and gives information about the color hue and the intensity of the light.
Color Star can recognize 15 (color) tones with intensities between 0 and
10000.
To be able to detect light sources hold the light measurement button (B)
and move the device in different directions or point the device in the
direction of the assumed light source (for example in direction of a window
in a room). You will be able to determine the intensity of the light source
by the pitch of the signal that you hear.
