为了探讨色度学在人体组织的颜色测量中的应用情况，检索中国知网期刊文献总库1990年~2012年的期刊文献，以“色度学”为主题，含“诊断”、“皮肤”、“牙齿”、“舌”、“面色”，共检出文献196 篇。调查显示：色度学主要被应用于体表组织的颜色测量。有关皮肤、牙齿的颜色测量方法，可为舌的颜色测量提供借鉴。

This study was aimed to explore the application situation of colorimetric color measurement in human tissues. Retrieved the literature of China Knowledge Resource Integrated Database from 1990 to 2012, "colorimetry", "diagnosis", "skin", "teeth", "tongue", "facial color" were selected as keywords, and 196 were found in the literature. After reading articles one by one, a literature analysis was carried out. Application of colorimetric method was used to measure the color of human skin and teeth. It had achieved good results. Colorimetric measurement of human tissue color is now practical and it can be effectively measured by psychological feeling of the human vision. This technology has a significant reference to the tongue color measurement.

科学技术部国家重点基础研究发展计划（“973 计划”）项目（2011CB505402）：中医思维认知科学研究，负责人：刘嘉。