Color imaging systems and color theory: Past, present and future

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3299, Issue , 1998, Pages 38-46

  McCann, John J ^a  

^a McCann Imaging   (United States)

Author keywords

Color contrast and color constancy; Color systems; Colorimetry; History

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; COLOR; COLOR VISION; COLORIMETERS; DIGITAL DEVICES; HISTORY; HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAYS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; PIXELS;

COLOR CONSTANCY; COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS; COLOR SYSTEMS; HUMAN COLOR VISION; IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICES; PHOTOGRAPHIC SYSTEMS; SATISFACTORY SOLUTIONS; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS;

COLORIMETRY;

EID: 85076767965     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.320136     Document Type: Conference Paper

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