Color Vision and Colorimetry: Theory and Applications (SPIE Press Monograph Vol. PM105) |  | Author: Daniel Malacara
Publisher: SPIE Publications
Category: Book
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Pages: 176
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Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 6.9 x 0.4
ISBN: 0819442283
Dewey Decimal Number: 612.84
EAN: 9780819442284
ASIN: 0819442283
Publication Date: April 25, 2002
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Product Description
This text provides a number of concepts, definitions, and tools useful to students who wish to develop a basic understanding of colorimetry and color vision. Those who have experience in the field will find a compendium of data and other information previously unavailable in a single publication. Numerous references provide a considerable bibliography for readers looking to deepen their knowledge of this fascinating subject. Contents - Preface - The Nature of Color - Light Sources and Illuminants - Trichromatic Theory - CIE Color Specification System - Uniform Color Systems - Color Mixtures and Colorants - Color Measurements - The Human Eye - General References - Index
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The mathematical basis of color February 24, 2007
Jeff Mather (Milford, Mass., USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is one of the rare books on color vision that leaves the human visual system to the end. In fact, the cone response functions are among the last topics discussed. Instead, this short work of about 150 pages takes a more or less chronological approach to colorimetry, starting with a few fundamentals on colorful light, progressing through trichromatic systems (like RGB, XYZ, and xyY) and uniform color systems (such as Munsell, CIELUV, and CIELAB) before ending at color mixing and measurement.
It's quite a good book for those needing concise definitions and equations. Many diagrams and full-color diagrams complement tables for color matching functions and color transformation equations. In a few places the text is overly terse, and my only wish is that Malacara would have provided a bit more context around some of the equations explaining where some "magical" values come from.
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