Did the CIE get it right? A critical test of the CIE color domains for signal lights

Color Research and Application

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 109-122

  Soon, Foong C ^a   Cole, Barry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Color codes; Color recognition; Signal lights; Signaling

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842580919     PISSN: 03612317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6378(200104)26:2<109::AID-COL1002>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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