A measure of the darkness of a malt, wort and beer. Pilsener malts are in the 1 to 3 degrees Lovibond range, Munich malt from 7 to 10, Crystal Malt can be a very wide range from 15 to 100, Chocolate malt starts around 200, and really dark malts like Black Patent can be over 450.

The scale, in degrees, on which American brewers measure the color of malt, wort and occasionally the color of beer. Lager

The scale on which malt, wort, and beer color are usually measured.

IS A SCALE MEASURING THE COLOR OF GRAIN. THE HIGHER THE NUMBER THE DARKER

A measurement of color. The scale starts at 0 (zero) and goes to over 500. The higher the number the darker the color.

colour index measured in degrees; higher number equals darker colour