PhotoColor Meter

A colorimeter is a device used in colorimetry. In scientific fields the word generally refers to the device that measures the absorbance of particular wavelengths of light by a specific solution.[1] This device is most commonly used to determine the concentration of a known solute in a given solution by the application of the Beer-Lambert law, which states that the concentration of a solute is proportional to the absorbance.

The essential parts of a colorimeter are:

• a light source (often an ordinary low-voltage filament lamp)
• an adjustable aperture
• a set of colored filters
• a cuvette to hold the working solution
• a detector (usually a photoresistor) to measure the transmitted light
• a meter to display the output from the detector