Light, Color and Color Mixing.ppt

Light, Color and Color Mixing Agenda What is color 1931 and 1964 CIE Human Observer Curves Tristimulus Values,Dominant Wavelength and Purity MacAdam Ellipses and Perceived Brightnes Color Mixing Closed Loop Color Control White Color; Color temperature and CCT Color Rendering Index Laser Safety Electromagnetic Spectrum Color - Background Sir Isaac Newton - In 1670... proved that ‘white’ light is truly a mixture of all ‘colored’ lights. Thomas Young (1896) - proposes that our human visual system is tristimulus, or three-channeled (Cones detect - Red, green, blue) The color we observe is determined by the interaction of the reflected or direct light spectrum with the cone receptors in the eye. 6.8 million cones in the human retina responsible for vision at daytime light levels and evoking color vision 115 million rods, which function mainly at nighttime and providing peripheral vision Color - Background The cones have photopigments that are long, medium or short wavelength sensitive at a ratio of 40:20:1 Color is 3-dimensional and three independent variables are required to describe color – Red, Green and Blue Tristimulus Values (R,G,B) Primary signal from the cones are process by the brain leading to a signal pair which is coded for color (2-signals) and light intensity (1-signal), where the Y Tristimulus value is the brightness information for the source 1931 and 1964 ... The C.I.E. Guild and Wright characterize the visual response of the human eye with a 2 ° observer. Fovea, most sensitive region of the eye, occupies a tiny area directly in-line with the cornea Subtends an arc of 2 ° Guild and Wright (1964) Used only 17 people - all males No one pre-tested for colorblindness Mapping redone at 10° Most object cover larger area of the eye Human Observer Color Curves Direct View Application - Calculating Color Spectral Reflectance Spectral reflectance of the surface being illuminated impacts the chromaticity of the reflected light. Illumination Applic