INTRODUCTION TO COLOR THEORY José Luis CAIVANO [email protected] University of Buenos Aires and National Council for Research Argentine Color Group
Mar 13, 2016
INTRODUCTION TO COLOR THEORY
José Luis CAIVANO [email protected]
University of Buenos Airesand National Council for Research
Argentine Color Group
electromagnetic spectrum
visible spectrum380 nm 780 nm
primary sources
objetcs that emit light
secondary sources
objects that reflect or transmit light coming from a primary source
physical part ofthe process
psychical part of the process
Color as a psychophysical phenomenon
. . . if at any time I speak of Light and Rays ascoloured . . . I would be understood to speak not philosophically and properly, but grossly, and accordingly to such Conceptions as vulgarPeople . . . would be apt to frame. For the Rays to speak properly are not coloured.
NewtonOptics, 1704:
human vision
dog vision
16 triple cells
16
cells
cyan magenta yellow
subtractive mixture
magenta
cyanyellow
red blue
green
black
amarillo
additive mixture
green
blue
red
cyanmagenta
white
yellow
blanco
amarillo
cian
magenta
azul
rojo
verde
negro
blanco
amarillo
cian
magenta
azul
rojo
verde
negro
blanco
amarillo
cian
magenta
blanco
amarillo
cian
magenta
azul
rojo
verde
negro
azul
rojo
verde
negro
white
yellow
cyan
magenta
blue
red
green
black
light
back
of
the e
ye
fro
nt
of
the e
ye
con
ero
d
white
red
green
blue
yellow
magenta
cyan
D50 illuminant
TL84 illuminant
A illuminant
UV radiation
simultaneous contrast
simultaneous contrast
simultaneous contrast
simultaneous contrast
France
chromatic adaptation
chromatic adaptation
normal vision
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia
Metamerism due to a change in the illuminant
Metamerism due to a change in the observer
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