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Color vision and colorimetry : theory and applications /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Malacara, Daniel, 1937-
Corporate Author: Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bellingham, Wash. (1000 20th St. Bellingham WA 98225-6705 USA) : SPIE, 2011.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:SPIE Digital Library.
SPIE monograph ; PM204.
Subjects:
Color vision.
Colorimetry.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The nature of color
  • Introduction
  • Newton's color experiment
  • Theories and experiments in color vision
  • Some radiometric and photometric units
  • Radiometric units
  • Photometric units
  • Color sensitivity of the eye
  • How materials are colored or modify color
  • Absorption and interference filters
  • References
  • 2. Light sources and illuminants
  • Introduction
  • Blackbody radiation and color temperature
  • Tungsten lamps
  • Gas discharge and fluorescent lamps
  • Light-emitting diodes
  • Television and computer displays
  • Standard light sources and illuminants
  • Color-rendering index of light sources
  • References
  • 3. The human eye
  • Anatomy of the eye
  • Eye resolving power and eye aberrations
  • Stiles-Crawford effect
  • Eye response to pulsating light
  • Visual detectors in the retina
  • Observation of the human eye retina
  • Cone fundamentals
  • References
  • 4. Trichromatic theory
  • Grassmann laws
  • Maxwell's triangle
  • Color-matching experiments
  • Color-matching functions
  • Tristimulus values R, G, B
  • Chromaticity coordinates r, g, b
  • References
  • 5. CIE color specification system
  • The CIE color system
  • Color-matching functions
  • Tristimulus values X, Y, Z
  • Chromaticity coordinates x, y, z
  • Dominant wavelength and correlated color temperature
  • The color of a transparent or opaque body
  • Color discrimination mechanisms
  • Use of cone sensitivities as color-matching functions
  • References
  • 6. Uniform color systems
  • Introduction
  • Hue and chroma in the CIE diagram
  • The Munsell system
  • The 1960 CIE L u v color space
  • The 1976 CIE L u v color space
  • The Hunter L a b color space
  • The 1976 CIE L a b color space
  • Color-difference equation in the CIE L a b color space
  • MacLeod and Boynton chromaticity diagram
  • Derrington, Krauskopf, and Lennie (DKL) color space
  • Other color spaces
  • References
  • 7. Color mixtures and colorants
  • Color addition
  • RGB color system for cathode ray tubes
  • Color subtraction
  • Metamerism
  • Colorants
  • Color matching and color management
  • References
  • 8. Color measurements and color defects
  • Introduction
  • Visual chromatic defects
  • Whiteness and white standards
  • Pantone
  • R colors, GretagMacbeth ColorChecker, and Spectralon standards
  • Optical configurations to measure reflectance
  • Precision and accuracy of measuring instruments
  • Spectrocolorimeters
  • Tristimulus photocolorimeters
  • Visual colorimeters
  • References
  • General references
  • Biography
  • Index.