Correlated color temperature preferred by observers for illumination of artistic paintings

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

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 623-630

  Pinto, Paulo Daniel ^a   Linhares, João Manuel Maciel ^a   Nascimento, Sérgio Miguel Cardoso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; MUSEUMS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; TEMPERATURE;

ARTISTIC PAINTINGS; CORRELATED COLOR TEMPERATURE; DAYLIGHT ILLUMINATION;

DAYLIGHTING;

EID: 44349159047     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.25.000623     Document Type: Article

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