Colour spaces - a review of historic and modern colour models*

Although colour is one of the most interesting and integral parts of vision, most models and methods of colourimetry (the measurement of colour) available to describe and quantify colour have been developed outside of optometry. This article presents a summary of some of the most popularcolour model...

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Main Authors: G. D. Hasting, A. Rubin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2012-12-01
Series:African Vision and Eye Health
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Online Access:https://avehjournal.org/index.php/aveh/article/view/76
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description Although colour is one of the most interesting and integral parts of vision, most models and methods of colourimetry (the measurement of colour) available to describe and quantify colour have been developed outside of optometry. This article presents a summary of some of the most popularcolour models and a brief history of the advancements that have led to our current understanding of the complicated phenomenon of colour. (S Afr Optom 2012 71(3) 133-143)
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spelling doaj.art-46a12805e0aa4e20bb938f8b583139102022-12-21T22:22:26ZengAOSISAfrican Vision and Eye Health2413-31832410-15162012-12-0171313314310.4102/aveh.v71i3.7646Colour spaces - a review of historic and modern colour models*G. D. Hasting0A. Rubin1Department of Optometry, University of JohannesburgDepartment of Optometry, University of JohannesburgAlthough colour is one of the most interesting and integral parts of vision, most models and methods of colourimetry (the measurement of colour) available to describe and quantify colour have been developed outside of optometry. This article presents a summary of some of the most popularcolour models and a brief history of the advancements that have led to our current understanding of the complicated phenomenon of colour. (S Afr Optom 2012 71(3) 133-143)https://avehjournal.org/index.php/aveh/article/view/76Colour spacecolour modelcolourimetrycolour discrimination
spellingShingle G. D. Hasting
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Colour spaces - a review of historic and modern colour models*
African Vision and Eye Health
Colour space
colour model
colourimetry
colour discrimination
title Colour spaces - a review of historic and modern colour models*
title_full Colour spaces - a review of historic and modern colour models*
title_fullStr Colour spaces - a review of historic and modern colour models*
title_full_unstemmed Colour spaces - a review of historic and modern colour models*
title_short Colour spaces - a review of historic and modern colour models*
title_sort colour spaces a review of historic and modern colour models
topic Colour space
colour model
colourimetry
colour discrimination
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