Color Intensity: measured depth, not hue
The standard
A measured color intensity names whether it is determined analytically or sensorially and what it refers to. Without this statement a figure stands next to an impression.
Criteria
- It distinguishes depth of color from hue
- It names its mode of determination: analytical or sensory
- It refers to a particular wine, not a type
- It remains separate from color stability
Distinction
Color intensity ≠ hue: one measures the strength, the other the kind of color. Color intensity ≠ color stability: a measured color intensity holds for a point in time, stability for the duration.