Chapter 2
Color Science
2.1 About Color
Science
2.2 Electromagnetic Spectrum
2.2.1 Radiometric Quantities of Interest
2.2.2 Photometric Quantities of Interest
2.2.3 Spectral Distribution
2.3 Human Visual System
2.3.1 The Eye
2.3.2 Retina
2.3.3 Photoreceptors
2.3.4 Dynamic Range
2.3.5 Adaptation
2.3.6 Non-Linearity of the HVS
2.4 Basic Colorimetry
2.4.1 Origins of Colorimetry
2.4.2 Blackbody Radiation, Light sources and Illuminants
2.4.3 Reflectance, Transmittance and Absorptance
2.4.4 Standard Observers
2.4.5 CIE XYZ Tristimulus Values and Metamerism
2.4.6 CIE xyY Color Space and Chromaticity Diagram
2.4.7 Perceptually Uniform Color Spaces and Color Difference
2.4.8 Additive RGB Color Spaces
2.5 Advanced Colorimetry
2.5.1 Viewing Conditions
2.5.2 Terminology
2.5.3 Color Appearance Phenomena
2.6 Representing Color
2.6.1 Digital Image - Raster Graphics
2.6.2 Quantization
2.6.3 Perceptual Coding
2.6.4 Floating-Point and Logarithmic Representations
2.6.5 Gamma
2.6.6 Color Encodings
2.7 Color Imaging Systems
2.7.1 Image Capture
2.7.2 Signal Processing
2.7.3 Image Formation
2.2 Electromagnetic Spectrum
2.2.1 Radiometric Quantities of Interest
2.2.2 Photometric Quantities of Interest
2.2.3 Spectral Distribution
2.3 Human Visual System
2.3.1 The Eye
2.3.2 Retina
2.3.3 Photoreceptors
2.3.4 Dynamic Range
2.3.5 Adaptation
2.3.6 Non-Linearity of the HVS
2.4 Basic Colorimetry
2.4.1 Origins of Colorimetry
2.4.2 Blackbody Radiation, Light sources and Illuminants
2.4.3 Reflectance, Transmittance and Absorptance
2.4.4 Standard Observers
2.4.5 CIE XYZ Tristimulus Values and Metamerism
2.4.6 CIE xyY Color Space and Chromaticity Diagram
2.4.7 Perceptually Uniform Color Spaces and Color Difference
2.4.8 Additive RGB Color Spaces
2.5 Advanced Colorimetry
2.5.1 Viewing Conditions
2.5.2 Terminology
2.5.3 Color Appearance Phenomena
2.6 Representing Color
2.6.1 Digital Image - Raster Graphics
2.6.2 Quantization
2.6.3 Perceptual Coding
2.6.4 Floating-Point and Logarithmic Representations
2.6.5 Gamma
2.6.6 Color Encodings
2.7 Color Imaging Systems
2.7.1 Image Capture
2.7.2 Signal Processing
2.7.3 Image Formation