The number of discernible colors in natural scenes

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

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2918-2924

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

CIEDE2000; CIELAB COLORS; COLOR DIFFERENCES; HYPER-SPECTRAL IMAGES; NATURAL SCENES; NORMAL TRICHROMATS; THEORETICAL LIMITS;

COLOR;

EID: 60949088279     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.25.002918     Document Type: Article

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