The doctoral thesis “Optical Document Security: Measurement, Characterization and Visualization: in the Light of Visual Evaluation” introduces a system able to measure, characterize and visualize the significant aspects influencing a human based inspection of optically variable device (OVD) features. Such OVDs are critically important for the optical document security industry and high value products such as travel documents (passports) and bank notes. The contribution includes the development of a multidimensional and high-dynamic range (HDR) color measurement system of spatial and angular resolution.