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A color sorting apparatus is provided for sorting objects which are relatively light, short, thin, and small in the mass and hardly sorted by any known manner. The color sorting apparatus comprises a chute 1 arranged at an angle a for permitting the objects W to run downwardly and pop off from the lower end in a predetermined direction, a cover 2 provided at a distance from the surface of the chute to cover at least a portion of the surface of the chute, an inspecting means 3 provided at a distance from the lower end of the chute for monitoring the movement in the predetermined direction of the objects W released from the lower end of the chute in order to measure the color of the objects W, a judging means connected with the inspecting means for judging from a measurement of the color produced by the inspecting means whether or not the objects have a particular color, and & separating means 4 provided at a distance from the lower end of the chute for blowing off the object w which is judged by the judging means to have the particular color so that the object drops down along a route different from the movement in the predetermined direction . (FIG.1)