This European Standard was approved by CEN on 7 August 2010. The European Standard EN 15803:2009 has status of the Standard of Republic Italy. 24 p. This European Standard describes a test method to measure the surface colour of porous inorganic materials, and their possible chromatic changes. No reference to the appearance of glossy surfaces is described. The method may be applied to porous inorganic materials either untreated or subjected to any treatment or ageing