The design and use of a cone chromaticity space: A tutorial

Color Research and Application

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 375-383

  Smith, Vivianne C ^a   Pokorny, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromaticity space; Color space; Colorimetry; Cone excitation; K nig fundamentals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000843180     PISSN: 03612317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6378(199610)21:5<375::AID-COL6>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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