  Data collected at the Z resonance using the DELPHI detector at LEP are used
to determine the charged hadron multiplicity in gluon and quark jets as a
function of a transverse momentum-like scale. The colour factor ratio, \cacf,
is directly observed in the increase of multiplicities with that scale. The
smaller than expected multiplicity ratio in gluon to quark jets is understood
by differences in the hadronization of the leading quark or gluon. From the
dependence of the charged hadron multiplicity on the opening angle in symmetric
three-jet events the colour factor ratio is measured to be: C_A/C_F = 2.246 \pm
0.062 (stat.) \pm 0.080 (syst.) \pm 0.095 (theo.)
