Apparent color and true color

The term colour used here is true colour that is the colour of water from which
turbidity has been removed . the term apparent colour includes not only colour due
to substances in solution but also due to suspended matter. In some highly coloured
industrial wastewaters, colour is contributed principally by colloids or suspended
materials. In such cases both true colour and apparent colour should be determined.
The optimal method for removing turbidity without removing colour has not been
found yet. Filtration yields results that are reproducible from day to day and among
laboratories.
the term apparent colour includes not only colour due to substances in solution but
also due to suspended matter. In some highly coloured industrial wastewaters,
colour is contributed principally by colloids or suspended materials. In such cases
both true colour and apparent colour should be determined.