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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion>
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    <documentType>4</documentType>
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    <periodOfReport>2009-10-28</periodOfReport>
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    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>
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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000790818</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>X RITE INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>XRIT</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001447892</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>OEPX, LLC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>320 PARK AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>18TH FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10022</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock Warrant (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>0.01</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-10-28</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>5</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>0</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2009-10-28</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2019-08-18</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>4568527.88</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On October 28, 2009, shareholders of X-Rite, Incorporated (the &quot;Issuer&quot;) approved a proposal necessary to permit the exercise
 of, and related issuance of Common Stock of the Issuer pursuant to, a warrant (the &quot;Warrant&quot;) previously acquired by OEPX,
 LLC (&quot;OEPX&quot;), and such Warrant became fully exercisable upon receipt of such shareholder approval.  The Warrant gives OEPX
 the right to acquire 4,568,527.88 shares of Common Stock of the Issuer at an initial exercise price of $0.01 per share
 (subject to anti-dilution adjustments).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">These securities are held by OEPX. The managing member of OEPX is of One Equity Partners III, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited
 partnership (&quot;OEP&quot;), of which the sole general partner is OEP General Partner III, L.P., a Cayman Islands limited
 partnership (&quot;OEP GP&quot;), of which the sole general partner is OEP Holding Corporation (&quot;OEP Holding&quot;), of which the sole
 stockholder is Bank One Investment Corporation, a Delaware corporation, of which the sole stockholder is JP Morgan Capital
 Corporation, a Delaware corporation, of which the sole stockholder is Banc One Financial LLC, a Delaware limited liability
 company, of which the sole member is JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co., a Delaware corporation.</footnote>
    </footnotes>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Colin Michael Farmer (Authorized Signatory)</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-10-30</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
