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Standard Test Method for ASTM Color of Petroleum Products (ASTM Color Scale)

Updated 2026-10-27

Edition timelineStandard Test Method for ASTM Color of Petroleum Products (ASTM Color Scale): 2012, reapproved 2017, 2024 (current)2012201420162018202020222024Standard Test Method for ASTM Color of Petroleum Products (ASTM Color Scale)ASTM D1500-24Standard Test Method for ASTM Color of Petroleum Products (ASTM Color Scale)2012, reapproved 2017Standard Test Method for ASTM Color of Petroleum Products (ASTM Color Scale)2024 (current edition)
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StandardEditionKindCurrentRecord
Standard Test Method for ASTM Color of Petroleum Products (ASTM Color Scale)2012, reapproved 2017Editionstd.astm-d1500.edition.2012
Standard Test Method for ASTM Color of Petroleum Products (ASTM Color Scale)2024EditionYesstd.astm-d1500.edition.2024

Data records

  • ASTM D1500-24 is the designation of the document titled Standard Test Method for ASTM Color of Petroleum Products (ASTM Color Scale). Value: ASTM D1500-24. Source: ASTM D1500-24. Verified 2026-10-13. Record std.astm-d1500.designation
  • ASTM D1500-12(2017), the 2012 edition reapproved in 2017, appears in the ASTM store with the status Standard Historical and a newer version D1500-24 listed. Value: 2012, reapproved 2017. Source: ASTM D1500-12(2017). Verified 2026-10-13. Record std.astm-d1500.edition.2012
  • ASTM D1500-24 is the edition of the ASTM standard titled Standard Test Method for ASTM Color of Petroleum Products (ASTM Color Scale) that the ASTM store lists as active. Value: 2024. Source: ASTM D1500-24. Verified 2026-10-13. Record std.astm-d1500.edition.2024
  • The test method describes a visual comparison procedure for determining the color of lubricating oils, heating oils, diesel fuel oils and petroleum waxes, reported as ASTM Color, and it directs refined products lighter than 0.5 to a different method. Source: ASTM D1500-24. Verified 2026-10-13. Record std.astm-d1500.scope
  • The ASTM store lists ASTM D1500-24 with the status Standard Active. Value: Active. Source: ASTM D1500-24. Verified 2026-10-13. Record std.astm-d1500.status
  • The publisher catalog gives the full title of ASTM D1500-24 as Standard Test Method for ASTM Color of Petroleum Products (ASTM Color Scale). Value: Standard Test Method for ASTM Color of Petroleum Products (ASTM Color Scale). Source: ASTM D1500-24. Verified 2026-10-13. Record std.astm-d1500.title

Sources

  • ASTM D1500-12(2017), Standard Test Method for ASTM Color of Petroleum Products (ASTM Color Scale), 12(2017) edition, ASTM International. Held as: Public page. Publisher page for ASTM D1500-12(2017)
  • ASTM D1500-24, Standard Test Method for ASTM Color of Petroleum Products (ASTM Color Scale), 24 edition, ASTM International. Held as: Public page. Publisher page for ASTM D1500-24

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