Color vision and colorimetry : theory and applications

Content: 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.