Two criteria for selecting ink sets for six-color lithographic printing are discussed. The first is the volume, in CIELAB space, of an approximation of the gamut. The second is the number of pixels within a digital image (or images) whose colors are contained within the approximate gamut. In order to obtain a balance between accuracy and efficiency, the different steps in the process are priori...

A simple, rapid and eco-friendly method has long been needed for evaluating the compost stability because application of unstable compost in agricultural field causes phytotoxicity. Thus, the CIELAB variables L*, a*, b*, a* x b*, a* / b*, 2000a* / (L* x b*), 1000a* / (L* + b*), chroma (C*ab), hue (hab) and color difference (∆E00) in dried (70oC) and ground composting materials (particle size ≤ ...

We present a systematic algorithm capable of searching for optimal colors for any lightness L* (between 0 and 100), any illuminant (D65, F2, F7, F11, etc.), and any light source reported by CIE. Color solids are graphed in some color spaces (CIELAB, SVF, DIN99d, and CIECAM02) by horizontal (constant lightness) and transversal (constant hue angle) sections. Color solids plotted in DIN99d and CIE...

We propose a method to improve existing color-difference formulas with additional visual data from color discrimination experiments. Color-difference formulas are treated as mean functions of Gaussian processes, and the visual data are considered as observations of these processes. Gaussian process regression is applied to predict unknown color differences. The method was evaluated with a combi...

Subjects examined image pairs consisting of an original and a reproduction created using either JPEG compression or digital halftoning. Subjects marked locations on the reproduction that differed detectably from the original. We refer to the distribution of error marks by the subjects as image distortion maps. The empirically obtained image distortion maps are compared to the visible difference...

This study reports an application of instrumental color measurement for quantifying and comparing the optical properties of high density polyethylene HDPE and low density polyethylene LDPE blend films and the effect of blending ratio and miscibility on these properties. The technique of spectrophotometry in transmission and reflectance modes can be used as a versatile tool to evaluate the color...

The Rochester Institute of Technology-Dupont dataset [Color Res. Appl. 16, 297-316 (1991)] has been used to analyze the uniformity of seven color metrics, developed after CIELUV and CIELAB, with methods similar to those previously applied to several other classical datasets [J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 9, 1247-1253 (1992)]. Significant performance improvements over CIELAB were found with several CIELAB-...

Several of the spectral match metrics considered by Imai, et al., are compared for a large number of non-metameric pairs of spectra in order to assess how accurately they track human perception as predicted by CIELAB (i.e., the extent to which the metric will exhibit a proportional relationship with CIELAB total color difference), and how precisely they do so (i.e., the relative compactness of ...

In 1931, the Commission Internationale de l’Eclairage (CIE) recommended a colour specification system. After various additions over the years it now includes a series of colorimetric measures such as the tristimulus values ( XYZ ), chromaticity coordinates, dominant wavelength, and excitation purity for colour specification and colour matching, CIELAB and CIELUV colour spaces for presenting col...