ASTM D6901-15(2021) PDF

Scope: 1.1 This specification establishes requirements for composition, performance, and labeling of artists’ colored pencils. 1.2 This specification covers vehicles and additives. Requirements are included for identification, lightfastness, and consistency. 1.3 Colored pencil specimens are exposed to both natural daylight through window glass and simulated window glassfiltered daylight radiation to determine the lightfastness rating for each pencil. 1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only. 1.5 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.

ASTM D6901-15(2021) Referenced Document

ASTM D2244 Standard Test Method for Calculation of Color Differences From Instrumentally Measured Color Coordinates
ASTM D4236 Standard Practice for Labeling Art Materials for Chronic Health Hazards
ASTM D4303 Standard Test Methods for Lightfastness of Pigments Used in Artists' Paints
ASTM E284 Standard Terminology of Appearance
ASTM G113 Standard Terminology Relating to Natural and Artificial Weathering Tests of Nonmetallic Materials
ASTM G151 Standard Practice for Exposing Nonmetallic Materials in Accelerated Test Devices that Use Laboratory Light Sources
ASTM G155 Standard Practice for Operating Xenon Arc Lamp Apparatus for Exposure of Materials*， 2024-04-21 Update
ASTM G24 Standard Practice for Conducting Exposures to Daylight Filtered Through Glass