Museum lighting: Why are some illuminants preferred?

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 306-311

  Scuello, Michael ^a   Abramov, Israel ^a   Gordon, James ^b   Weintraub, Steven ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Art Preservation Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONOCHROMATORS; MUSEUMS; OPTICAL VARIABLES CONTROL; REFLECTION; TEMPERATURE;

COLOR TEMPERATURE; EQUILUMINANT MONOCHROMATIC LIGHTS; ILLUMINANTS; MUSEUM LIGHTNING;

LIGHTING;

EID: 0842268089     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.21.000306     Document Type: Article

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