Colorimetry Flashcards
(15 cards)
Additive primary colors
Red
Green
Blue
Secondary colors
Magenta
Cyan
Yellow
Complementary colors
Magenta and green
Yellow and blue
Cyan and red
additive law
Two identical stimuli to 2 metamers and remain metamers
Scalar law
Increase or decrease the intensity of 2 metamers by the same amount to keep metamers
Associative law
One metamer substituted for another without any changes in distinguishability
Bezold-Brucke phenomenon
Perception of hue depends on the wavelength of the light source
Invariant wavelengths
478 (blue)
503 (green)
578 (yellow)
Parvo cells
COmbined L and S for red
M for green
Konio cells
Combined L and M for yellow
S for blue
Magno cells
Combined L and M for brightness
What is X
Ideal Red
What is Z
Ideal blue
What is Y
Ideal green
Where does white occur
When X Y and Z all equal 0.33