This book offers a practical, problem-based approach to color physics. It focuses on the key issues encountered in modern color engineering, including efficient representation of color information, Fourier analysis of reflectance spectra, and advanced colorimetric computation. Emphasis is placed on the practical applications rather than the techniques themselves. The text includes a compendium of equations and numerical data required by color and imaging scientists, with numerous examples of solutions and algorithms for a wide range of computational problems.

From the Introduction: “...The purpose of this book is to describe methods and algorithms such as device characterization, transformations between colour spaces and computation of various indices such as colour differences. A reasonable understanding of the main principles of the CIE system is therefore assumed...”

Target Audience: Students, technicians, and researchers concerned with color science, color chemistry, and color physics.

Table of Contents:

Introduction

Linear Algebra for Beginners

A Short Introduction to MATLAB

Computing CIE Tristimulus Values

Computing Colour Difference

Chromatic-Adaptation Transforms and Colour Appearance

Characterization of Computer Displays

Characterization of Cameras

Characterization of Printers

Multispectral Imaging

Colour Toolbox

References

Index