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COURSE: Colorimetry applied to the Textile Industry

Date: 21 2026 May
registration: Closed

Texfor – Confederation of the Textile Industry organizes, with the collaboration of the Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists – AEQCT, a specific course on Colorimetry applied to the Textile Industry. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about and resolve practical questions about colorimetry and its applications in textile production processes.

This training is aimed at technical personnel (laboratory, production, commercial, etc.) of companies in the textile sector and suppliers that work with color.

Acquire the theoretical and practical knowledge used in the textile industry for color control and recipe development, using a spectrophotometer.

Session 1 – Theoretical foundations of Colorimetry

  • What is the color?
  • reflectance curves
  • Illuminators and observers
  • Color coordinates: XYZ, CIELAB

CIELAB color differences

Session 2 – Color quality control

  • Color measurement equipment: types, geometries
  • Advanced color difference formulas: CMC, CIE94, CIE2000
  • Metamery

Other colorimetric values: Whiteness, color strength, gray scale

Session 3 – Instrumental color prediction

  • Introduction to instrumental calculation of color recipes
  • Calibration of dye families

Formulation and correction of color recipes

The course will be taught by Jordi Magí Carceller, Chemical Technical Engineer of the Aguilar Pineda companySpecialist equipment and technicians with DATACOLOR spectrophotometers.

A certificate of completion of the training will be given to all participants who have attended a minimum of 75% of the classes.

This training will be given in person. To facilitate access to those participants who have difficulty attending in person, the possibility of following the training in Virtual Classroom format will be considered. Registration will have to be done in one format or another.

This type of modality allows classes to take place in a physical classroom and students are divided between in-person attendees and virtual classroom attendees connected live to the sessions.

When: May 21, 26, 28 and June 2, 2026

Duration: 12h

Schedule: from 16:00 a.m. to 19:00 p.m.

Where: In person – Texfor headquarters C/ Sant Quirze, 30, Sabadell (BCN) – or in a Virtual Classroom simultaneously through the Zoom platform.

Texfor and AEQCT members: €220

Students or unemployed: €175

Rest of attendees: €350

Bonus part of the course fee (156 €): Texfor offers all members registered for the course who request it and who meet the conditions to do so, the management of the procedures with the administration to receive a part of the training amount.

For this it will be necessary to send the Annex I (Company data) Annex II (Participant data) to email anna@texfor.es before 15/05/2026

You can complete the pre-registration by filling out the online form here,

Deadline: 20/05/2026

  1. Once we confirm the place, for the registration to be considered valid, you must send the bank receipt of payment to the e-mail anna@texfor.es
  2. Payment: by bank transfer to account number: ES93 0081 0900 8400 0297 0803

Companies associated with Texfor will have preference in registration. Places are limited and will be confirmed before the start of the course.

In the case of being students or unemployed They must send supporting document.
Registration will not be considered valid until you have all the requested documentation.

Bonus training through the State Foundation for Employment Training – FUNDAE

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