Introduction to Colour Measurement
AIC Meeting, Mar del Plata, Argentina, October 2010
AIC Meeting – Mar del Plata, Argentina – October 2010
Introduction to Colour Measurement Lindsay MacDonald Professor of Digital Media
London College of Communication
Overview Part I Colorimetry – Spectral nature of light, object, observer
Part II Measurement and colour differences
Three Elements of Colour
Newton’s Experiment
Radiant or Emitted (direct)
Observer
Source Illumination
Reflected
Absorbed
Newton’s birthplace at Woolsthorpe Manor, Lincs.
Object Transmitted
Prof. Lindsay MacDonald, London College of Communication
Using a prism to produce a spectrum, Trinity College, 1665
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