A device for measuring a complexly formed object, comprising: a plurality of light-section measuring devices; a rotator for causing a rotation between the complexly formed object and the plurality of light-section measuring devices around a rotation axis; wherein each of the plurality of light-section measuring devices is configured to generate a respective fan beam in a respective fan plane, wherein the fan planes are arranged such that the rotation axis extends within each of the fan planes; wherein the plurality of light-section measuring devices is configured such that the fan beams are directed onto the complexly formed object from fan directions which, when projected into a common plane through which the rotation axis extends, by rotation around the rotation axis, differ from each other; the device further comprising a plurality of color imaging cameras for capturing color images of the complexly formed object from different color imaging directions; the device further comprising a controller configured to direct the rotator to continuously perform the rotation from a starting position to an end position over a rotation angle and the light-section measuring devices to periodically perform light-section measurements during the rotation, and the color imaging cameras to capture the complexly formed object at the starting position and the end position; and wherein the plurality of color imaging cameras are distributed such that a projection of all different color imaging directions angled at an angle relative to the rotation axis, which is within a predetermined angle range, onto a plane perpendicular to the rotation axis have a mean angle distance around the rotation axis which is between 45 and 180°, both exclusively, and wherein the rotation angle is 360° plus 1/4 to 3/4 of the mean angle distance. a plurality of light-section measuring devices; a rotator for causing a rotation between the complexly formed object and the plurality of light-section measuring devices around a rotation axis; wherein each of the plurality of light-section measuring devices is configured to generate a respective fan beam in a respective fan plane, wherein the fan planes are arranged such that the rotation axis extends within each of the fan planes; wherein the plurality of light-section measuring devices is configured such that the fan beams are directed onto the complexly formed object from fan directions which, when projected into a common plane through which the rotation axis extends, by rotation around the rotation axis, differ from each other; the device further comprising a plurality of color imaging cameras for capturing color images of the complexly formed object from different color imaging directions; the device further comprising a controller configured to direct the rotator to continuously perform the rotation from a starting position to an end position over a rotation angle and the light-section measuring devices to periodically perform light-section measurements during the rotation, and the color imaging cameras to capture the complexly formed object at the starting position and the end position; and wherein the plurality of color imaging cameras are distributed such that a projection of all different color imaging directions angled at an angle relative to the rotation axis, which is within a predetermined angle range, onto a plane perpendicular to the rotation axis have a mean angle distance around the rotation axis which is between 45 and 180°, both exclusively, and wherein the rotation angle is 360° plus 1/4 to 3/4 of the mean angle distance.