Figure 2: Single transmission image (TI) and dark-field image (DFI) at fixed L = 0.9 cm of pure solvent and solvent with sedimented 3 μm polystyrene spheres.

(a) TI and DFI of the solvent inside a quartz glass cuvette with corresponding vertical line scan following the red line. (b) TI and DFI of solvent with sedimented colloids and corresponding line scan. The increase/decrease on the bottom of the TI/DFI of (b) indicates a concentration gradient of microspheres. The concentration gradient cg within the sample is indicated. Below cg an area of high concentration is shown.