Color theory, colorspaces

CS 248 - Introduction to Computer Graphics
Autumn Quarter, 2000
Marc Levoy
Lecture notes for Thursday, October 5

Table of contents:

• Response to light
  1. Monochromats
  2. Dichromats, trichromats
  3. The tristimulus sensitivity functions
  4. Linearity
• Color matching
  1. The color matching experiment
  2. The tristimulus matching functions
• Color display
  1. The spectral power distributions
• Cartesian colorspaces
  1. The locus of spectral colors
  2. Spectral locus as parametrically defined curve
  3. Gamut of perceivable colors
  4. Gamut of reproducible colors
• Intuitive colorspaces
  1. Desirable properties for an intuitive colorspace
  2. Intuitive scales
  3. Cylindrical spaces