Color Appearance Models
Chapter One
Human Color Vision
Color appearance models aim to extend basic colorimetry to the level of specifying
the perceived color of stimuli in a wide variety of viewing conditions. To
fully appreciate the formulation, implementation, and application of color
appearance models, several fundamental topics in color science must first
be understood. These are the topics of the first few chapters of this book.
Since color appearance represents several of the dimensions of our visual
experience, any system designed to predict correlates to these experiences
must be based, to some degree, on the form and function of the human
visual system. All of the color appearance models described in this book are
derived with human visual function in mind. It becomes much simpler to
understand the formulations of the various models if the basic anatomy,
physiology, and performance of the visual system is understood. Thus, this
book begins with a treatment of the human visual system.
As necessitated by the limited scope available in a single chapter, this
treatment of the visual system is a ... read full excerpt from Color Appearance Models ebook
