Comparison of narrow-band reflectance spectroscopy and tristimulus colorimetry for measurements of skin and hair color in persons of different biological ancestry

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-27

  Shriver, Mark D ^a   Parra, Esteban J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Narrow band spectrometer; Skin and hair pigmentation; Tristimulus colorimeter

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; DEVICE; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; REFLECTOMETRY; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; COLORIMETRY; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034007025     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(200005)112:1<17::AID-AJPA3>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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