Contrast Enhancement - Filter Colors

We offer a wide variety of choices, depending on your application

API offers circularly polarized and non-polarized filters in a wide variety of colors and transmission values. The choice of filter color is dependent on the type of display and the user's environment.

Circularly Polarized Filters
Our circular polarizers are laminated onto acrylic substrates*. The Rohm and Haas (RH) numbers listed below apply to the acrylic substrates. When combined with a circular polarizer, the color is slightly affected (the base CP is 38% transmission, neutral gray).
Color Transmission  

Neutral Grey 37%  
Neutral Grey 10%  
Red 5%  
Amber 22%  
Blue 17%  
Green 6%  
Note: We can custom make our filters to any color you require (with applicable minimums).
Non-Polarized Acrylic Filters
The chart below presents just a few of the acrylic colors we offer. As with the circular polarized filters above, we can custom match to any color you need.
Color Transmission RH Number

Gray 32% 2537
Gray 45% 2094
Gray 76% 2515
Red 11% 2423
Yellow 77% 2208
Amber 48% 2422
Bronze 61% 2539
Bronze 80% 2540
Blue 8% 2424
Green 26% 2092
 
 
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