NCS, natural color system-from concept to research and applications. Part I

Color Research and Application

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 180-205

  Hård, Anders ^a   Sivik, Lars ^b,c   Tonnquist, Gunnar ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Color order systems; Hering's theory color percept; Hesselgren color atlas; NCS system

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010652783     PISSN: 03612317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6378(199606)21:3<180::AID-COL2>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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