Billmeyer and Saltzman's Principles of Color Technology

Preface xi
 
Chapter 1 Physical Properties of Colors 1
 
A What this Book is about? 1
 
B The Spectrum and Wave Theory 2
 
C Light Sources 3
 
D Conventional Materials 5
 
Transmission 5
 
Absorption 6
 
Surface Scattering 7
 
Internal Scattering 7
 
Terminology - Dyes Versus Pigments 10
 
Spectral Characteristics of Conventional Materials 12
 
E Fluorescent Materials 12
 
F Gonioapparent Materials 14
 
Metallic Materials 14
 
Pearlescent Materials 14
 
Interference Materials 15
 
Diffraction Materials 16
 
G Photochromic and Thermochromic Colorants 16
 
H Summary 16
 
Chapter 2 Color and Spatial Vision 17
 
A Trichromacy 17
 
B Light and Chromatic adaptation 21
 
C Compression 23
 
D Opponency 23
 
E Spatial Vision 26
 
F Observer variability 29
 
G Summary 34
 
Chapter 3 Visual Color Specification 37
 
A One-Dimensional Scales 37
 
Hue 37
 
Lightness 38
 
Chromatic Intensity 39
 
B Three-Dimensional Systems 39
 
Geometries 39
 
Natural Color System 40
 
Munsell Color System 42
 
Other Color-Order Systems 46
 
C Color Appearance: Multidimensional systems 46
 
D Color-Mixing systems 47
 
RGB and HSB 47
 
The Pantone Matching System 48
 
Limitations of Color-Mixing Systems for Color Specification 49
 
E Summary 49
 
Chapter 4 Numerical Color Specification: Colorimetry 51
 
A Color Matching 51
 
B Derivation of the Standard observers 53
 
Theoretical Considerations 53
 
The Color-Matching Experiment 54
 
The 1924 CIE Standard Photopic Observer 57
 
The 1931 CIE Standard Colorimetric Observer 58
 
The 1964 CIE Standard Colorimetric Observer 61
 
Cone-Fundamental-Based Colorimetric Observers 62
 
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ROY S. BERNS, PHD, is the Richard S. Hunter Professor in Color Science, Appearance, and Technology within the Program of Color Science at Rochester Institute of Technology, USA where he developed both M.S. and Ph.D. degree programs in Color Science. He has received scientific achievement awards from the Inter-Society Color Council, the Society of Imaging Science and Technology, the Colour Group of Great Britain, and the International Association of Colour. Dr. Berns is the author of the third edition of this book, as well as an author of over 200 publications.