A tolerance of 0.5 percentage point shall be allowed. A tolerance of 5 pct shall be allowed. Shall be free from lint, fuzz, wrinkles, waviness, folds, holes, tears, and other detrimental defects. Direction of the grain on flat paper shall be as ordered. For colored stock, paper shall match one of the established standards or as specified.
Standards are blue, buff, green, pink, salmon, or yellow.
Colors shall be pulp-dyed. When a match to a Government color standard has not been specified, the commercial standards for these colors or white are applicable. Color coordinates for selected standards are included in Part 3. Shall be uniform. The dirt count for each side of the paper shall not exceed 650 specks per square meter.