# ISO 7887:1994 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards For ISO 7887:1994, item title is Water quality — Examination and determination of colour; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 7887:2011; withdrawn / published date is 1994-08-25, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05. - **Identifier:** ISO 7887:1994 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Item title:** Water quality — Examination and determination of colour _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Successor:** ISO 7887:2011 - **Withdrawn / published date:** 1994-08-25 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 14837,IS,,ISO 7887:1994,Water quality — Examination and determination of colour,Qualité de l'eau — Examen et détermination de la couleur,1994-08-25,2,['13.060.60'],ISO/TC 147/SC 2,9599,[14836],[46425],"['en','fr']",8,"

Cancels and replaces the first edition (1985). Specifies three methods for the examination of colour: a method for the examination of apparent colour by visually observing a water sample in a bottle; a method for the determination of the true colour of a water sample using optical apparatus; a method for the determination of the colour by visual comparison with hexachloroplatinate standard solutions. Under certain circumstances, strongly coloured water samples need to be dil ## Source - https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01. Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).