Description
Book SynopsisCompletely revised and updated, this book has become a standard work in this area and is widely used as a basis for lectures in universities and specialist institutions. It includes information on the latest digital and printing technologies and is illustrated with many new photographs and diagrams.
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COLOR research and application, December 2005)
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Table of ContentsSeries Preface xviii
Preface to the Sixth Edition xx
PART ONE FUNDAMENTALS
1 Spectral Colour Reproduction 3
2 Trichromatic Colour Reproduction and the Additive Principle 9
3 Additive Methods 18
4 The Subtractive Principle 25
5 Visual Appreciation 31
6 Tone Reproduction 47
7 The Colour Triangle 68
8 Colour Standards and Calculations 92
9 The Colorimetry of Subtractive Systems 126
10 Light Sources 139
11 Objectives in Colour Reproduction 163
PART TWO COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY
12 Subtractive Methods in Colour Photography 183
13 Reflection Prints in Colour 199
14 Quantitative Colour Photography 212
15 Masking and Coloured Couplers 244
16 Printing Colour Negatives 262
17 The Chemistry of Colour Photography 277
18 Image Structure in Colour Photography 300
PART THREE COLOUR TELEVISION
19 The Transmission of Colour Television Signals 335
20 Electronic Cameras 360
21 Display Devices for Colour Television 376
22 The N.T.S.C. and Similar Systems of Colour Television 393
23 The Use of Colour Film in Colour Television 427
24 Video Cassettes 443
25 Pictures from Computers 455
PART FOUR COLOUR PRINTING
26 Photomechanical Principles 475
27 Preparing the Copy and Checking the Results 492
28 Practical Masking in Making Separations 504
29 Colour Scanners 519
PART FIVE DIGITAL IMAGING
30 Bit Requirements 545
31 Camcorders and Digital Still Cameras 555
32 Digital Scanners 564
33 Digital Printing 569
PART SIX EVALUATING COLOUR APPEARANCE
34 Chromatic Adaptation Transforms and a Colour Inconstancy Index 589
35 CIECAM97s Model of Colour Appearance 596
36 Models of Colour Vision for Comprehensive Purposes and for Unrelated Colours 627
37 Colour Reproduction Indices 637
APPENDICES
Appendix 1 Matrix Algebra 645
Appendix 2 Colorimetric Tables 650
Appendix 3 Photometric Units 663
Appendix 4 Photographic Parameters 666
Appendix 5 Advanced Colour Difference Formulae 670
Appendix 6 A Replacement for CIECAM97s 672
Appendix 7 Spectral Luminous Efficiency Functions 678
Index 681
