Foundations of Colour Science - From Colorimetry to Perception

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the science of color from new perspectives, presenting results obtained from the authors' work in the mathematical theory of color. It offers a new theoretical framework based on functional analysis and convex analysis and is written by a color specialist and a professional mathematician. The book is divided into two parts, covering key aspects of light color and object color, and combines differential geometry and topology with the scientific principles on which color measurement and specification are currently based and applied in industrial applications. It contains algorithms for solving various problems in color science and is accessible to non-mathematicians and color specialists.

Format: Hardback
Length: 560 pages
Publication date: 27 October 2022
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

This innovative volume summarizes existing knowledge in the field, attempting to present as much data as possible about color, accumulated in various branches of science (physics, psychophysics, colorimetry, physiology) from a unified theoretical position. Written by a color specialist and a professional mathematician, the book offers a new theoretical framework based on functional analysis and convex analysis. Employing these branches of mathematics, instead of more conventional linear algebra, allows them to provide the knowledge required for developing techniques to measure color appearance to the standards adopted in colorimetric measurements. The authors describe the mathematics in a language that is understandable for color specialists and include a detailed overview of all chapters to help readers not familiar with color science. Divided into two parts, the book first covers various key aspects of light color, such as color stimulus space, color mechanisms, color detection and discrimination, light-color perception typology, and light metamerism. The second part focuses on object color, featuring detailed coverage of object-color perception in single- and multiple-illuminant scenes, object-color solid, color constancy, metamer mismatching, object-color indeterminacy, and more. Throughout the book, the authors combine differential geometry and topology with the scientific principles on which color measurement and specification are currently based and applied in industrial applications. Presents a unique compilation of the authors substantial contributions to color science. Offers a new approach to color.

Weight: 1344g
Dimension: 260 x 181 x 34 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781119885917