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Chapter 2 dealt with human vision from a qualitative viewpoint in an attempt to
establish models for monochrome and color vision. These models may be made
quantitative by specifying measures of human light perception. Luminance mea-
sures are the subject of the science of photometry, while color measures are treated
by the science of colorimetry.
3.1. PHOTOMETRY
A source of radiative energy may be characterized by its spectral energy distribution
, which specifies the time rate of energy the source emits per unit wavelength
interval. The total power emitted by a radiant source, given by the integral of the
spectral energy distribution,
(3.1-1)
is called the radiant flux of the source and is normally expressed in watts (W).
A body that exists at an elevated temperature radiates electromagnetic energy
proportional in amount to its temperature. A blackbody is an idealized type of heat
radiator whose radiant flux is the maximum obtainable at any wavelength for a body
at a fixed temperature. The spectral energy distribution of a blackbody is given by
Planck's law (1):
(3.1-2)
C λ()
PCλ()λd
0
∞
∫
=
C λ()
C
1

λ
5
C
2
λT⁄{}exp 1–[]
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where is the radiation wavelength, T is the temperature of the body, and and
are constants. Figure 3.1-1a is a plot of the spectral energy of a blackbody as a
function of temperature and wavelength. In the visible region of the electromagnetic
spectrum, the blackbody spectral energy distribution function of Eq. 3.1-2 can be
approximated by Wien's radiation law (1):
(3.1-3)
Wien's radiation function is plotted in Figure 3.1-1b over the visible spectrum.
The most basic physical light source, of course, is the sun. Figure 2.1-1a shows a
plot of the measured spectral energy distribution of sunlight (2). The dashed line in
FIGURE 3.1-1. Blackbody radiation functions.
FIGURE 3.1-2. CIE standard illumination sources.
λ C
1
C
2
C λ()
C
1
λ

5
C
2
λT⁄{}exp
----------------------------------------=
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this figure, approximating the measured data, is a 6000 kelvin (K) blackbody curve.
Incandescent lamps are often approximated as blackbody radiators of a given tem-
perature in the range 1500 to 3500 K (3).
The Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage (CIE), which is an international
body concerned with standards for light and color, has established several standard
sources of light, as illustrated in Figure 3.1-2 (4). Source S
A
is a tungsten filament
lamp. Over the wavelength band 400 to 700 nm, source S
B
approximates direct sun-
light, and source S
C
approximates light from an overcast sky. A hypothetical source,
called Illuminant E, is often employed in colorimetric calculations. Illuminant E is
assumed to emit constant radiant energy at all wavelengths.
Cathode ray tube (CRT) phosphors are often utilized as light sources in image
processing systems. Figure 3.1-3 describes the spectral energy distributions of
common phosphors (5). Monochrome television receivers generally use a P4 phos-
phor, which provides a relatively bright blue-white display. Color television displays
utilize cathode ray tubes with red, green, and blue emitting phosphors arranged in
triad dots or strips. The P22 phosphor is typical of the spectral energy distribution of
commercial phosphor mixtures. Liquid crystal displays (LCDs) typically project a

white light through red, green and blue vertical strip pixels. Figure 3.1-4 is a plot of
typical color filter transmissivities (6).
Photometric measurements seek to describe quantitatively the perceptual bright-
ness of visible electromagnetic energy (7,8). The link between photometric mea-
surements and radiometric measurements (physical intensity measurements) is the
photopic luminosity function, as shown in Figure 3.1-5a (9). This curve, which is a
CIE standard, specifies the spectral sensitivity of the human visual system to optical
radiation as a function of wavelength for a typical person referred to as the standard
FIGURE 3.1-3. Spectral energy distribution of CRT phosphors.
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observer. In essence, the curve is a standardized version of the measurement of cone
sensitivity given in Figure 2.2-2 for photopic vision at relatively high levels of illu-
mination. The standard luminosity function for scotopic vision at relatively low
levels of illumination is illustrated in Figure 3.1-5b. Most imaging system designs
are based on the photopic luminosity function, commonly called the relative lumi-
nous efficiency.
The perceptual brightness sensation evoked by a light source with spectral energy
distribution is specified by its luminous flux, as defined by
(3.1-4)
where represents the relative luminous efficiency and is a scaling con-
stant. The modern unit of luminous flux is the lumen (lm), and the corresponding
value for the scaling constant is = 685 lm/W. An infinitesimally narrowband
source of 1 W of light at the peak wavelength of 555 nm of the relative luminous
efficiency curve therefore results in a luminous flux of 685 lm.
FIGURE 3.1-4. Transmissivities of LCD color filters.
C λ()
FK
m
C λ()V λ()λd

0
∞
∫
=
V λ() K
m
K
m
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3.2. COLOR MATCHING
The basis of the trichromatic theory of color vision is that it is possible to match
an arbitrary color by superimposing appropriate amounts of three primary colors
(10–14). In an additive color reproduction system such as color television, the
three primaries are individual red, green, and blue light sources that are projected
onto a common region of space to reproduce a colored light. In a subtractive color
system, which is the basis of most color photography and color printing, a white
light sequentially passes through cyan, magenta, and yellow filters to reproduce a
colored light.
3.2.1. Additive Color Matching
An additive color-matching experiment is illustrated in Figure 3.2-1. In
Figure 3.2-1a, a patch of light (C) of arbitrary spectral energy distribution , as
shown in Figure 3.2-2a, is assumed to be imaged onto the surface of an ideal
diffuse reflector (a surface that reflects uniformly over all directions and all
wavelengths). A reference white light (W) with an energy distribution, as in
Figure 3.2-2b, is imaged onto the surface along with three primary lights (P
1
),
(P
2

), (P
3
) whose spectral energy distributions are sketched in Figure 3.2-2c to e.
The three primary lights are first overlapped and their intensities are adjusted until
the overlapping region of the three primary lights perceptually matches the
reference white in terms of brightness, hue, and saturation. The amounts of the
three primaries , , are then recorded in some physical units,
such as watts. These are the matching values of the reference white. Next, the
intensities of the primaries are adjusted until a match is achieved with
the colored light (C), if a match is possible. The procedure to be followed
if a match cannot be achieved is considered later. The intensities of the primaries
FIGURE 3.1-5. Relative luminous efficiency functions.
C λ()
A
1
W()A
2
W()A
3
W()
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, , when a match is obtained are recorded, and normalized match-
ing values , , , called tristimulus values, are computed as
(3.2-1)
FIGURE 3.2-1. Color matching.
A
1
C()A
2

C()A
3
C()
T
1
C()T
2
C()T
3
C()
T
1
C()
A
1
C()
A
1
W()
----------------= T
2
C()
A
2
C()
A
2
W()
----------------= T
3

C()
A
3
C()
A
3
W()
----------------=
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If a match cannot be achieved by the procedure illustrated in Figure 3.2-1a, it is
often possible to perform the color matching outlined in Figure 3.2-1b. One of the
primaries, say (P
3
), is superimposed with the light (C), and the intensities of all
three primaries are adjusted until a match is achieved between the overlapping
region of primaries (P
1
) and (P
2
) with the overlapping region of (P
3
) and (C). If
such a match is obtained, the tristimulus values are
(3.2-2)
In this case, the tristimulus value is negative. If a match cannot be achieved
with this geometry, a match is attempted between (P
1
) plus (P
3

) and (P
2
) plus (C). If
a match is achieved by this configuration, tristimulus value will be negative.
If this configuration fails, a match is attempted between (P
2
) plus (P
3
) and (P
1
) plus
(C). A correct match is denoted with a negative value for .
FIGURE 3.2-2. Spectral energy distributions.
T
1
C()
A
1
C()
A
1
W()
----------------= T
2
C()
A
2
C()
A
2

W()
----------------= T
3
C()
A–
3
C()
A
3
W()
------------------=
T
3
C()
T
2
C()
T
1
C()
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Finally, in the rare instance in which a match cannot be achieved by either of the
configurations of Figure 3.2-1a or b, two of the primaries are superimposed with (C)
and an attempt is made to match the overlapped region with the remaining primary.
In the case illustrated in Figure 3.2-1c, if a match is achieved, the tristimulus values
become
(3.2-3)
If a match is not obtained by this configuration, one of the other two possibilities
will yield a match.

The process described above is a direct method for specifying a color quantita-
tively. It has two drawbacks: The method is cumbersome and it depends on the per-
ceptual variations of a single observer. In Section 3.3 we consider standardized
quantitative color measurement in detail.
3.2.2. Subtractive Color Matching
A subtractive color-matching experiment is shown in Figure 3.2-3. An illumination
source with spectral energy distribution passes sequentially through three dye
filters that are nominally cyan, magenta, and yellow. The spectral absorption of the
dye filters is a function of the dye concentration. It should be noted that the spectral
transmissivities of practical dyes change shape in a nonlinear manner with dye con-
centration.
In the first step of the subtractive color-matching process, the dye concentrations
of the three spectral filters are varied until a perceptual match is obtained with a refer-
ence white (W). The dye concentrations are the matching values of the color match
, , . Next, the three dye concentrations are varied until a match is
obtained with a desired color (C). These matching values , are
then used to compute the tristimulus values , , , as in Eq. 3.2-1.
FIGURE 3.2-3. Subtractive color matching.
T
1
C()
A
1
C()
A
1
W()
----------------= T
2
C()

A–
2
C()
A
2
W()
------------------= T
3
C()
A–
3
C()
A
3
W()
------------------=
E λ()
A
1
W()A
2
W()A
3
W()
A
1
C()A
2
C()A
3

C(),,
T
1
C()T
2
C()T
3
C()
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It should be apparent that there is no fundamental theoretical difference between
color matching by an additive or a subtractive system. In a subtractive system, the
yellow dye acts as a variable absorber of blue light, and with ideal dyes, the yellow
dye effectively forms a blue primary light. In a similar manner, the magenta filter
ideally forms the green primary, and the cyan filter ideally forms the red primary.
Subtractive color systems ordinarily utilize cyan, magenta, and yellow dye spectral
filters rather than red, green, and blue dye filters because the cyan, magenta, and
yellow filters are notch filters which permit a greater transmission of light energy
than do narrowband red, green, and blue bandpass filters. In color printing, a fourth
filter layer of variable gray level density is often introduced to achieve a higher con-
trast in reproduction because common dyes do not possess a wide density range.
3.2.3. Axioms of Color Matching
The color-matching experiments described for additive and subtractive color match-
ing have been performed quite accurately by a number of researchers. It has been
found that perfect color matches sometimes cannot be obtained at either very high or
very low levels of illumination. Also, the color matching results do depend to some
extent on the spectral composition of the surrounding light. Nevertheless, the simple
color matching experiments have been found to hold over a wide range of condi-
tions.
Grassman (15) has developed a set of eight axioms that define trichromatic color

matching and that serve as a basis for quantitative color measurements. In the
following presentation of these axioms, the symbol indicates a color match; the
symbol indicates an additive color mixture; the symbol indicates units of a
color. These axioms are:
1. Any color can be matched by a mixture of no more than three colored lights.
2. A color match at one radiance level holds over a wide range of levels.
3. Components of a mixture of colored lights cannot be resolved by the human eye.
4. The luminance of a color mixture is equal to the sum of the luminance of its
components.
5. Law of addition. If color (M) matches color (N) and color (P) matches color (Q),
then color (M) mixed with color (P) matches color (N) mixed with color (Q):
(3.2-4)
6. Law of subtraction. If the mixture of (M) plus (P) matches the mixture of (N)
plus (Q) and if (P) matches (Q), then (M) matches (N):
(3.2-5)
7. Transitive law. If (M) matches (N) and if (N) matches (P), then (M) matches (P):
◊
⊕•
M() N()◊ P() Q()◊ M() P()⊕[]N() Q()⊕[]◊⇒∩
M() P()⊕[]N() Q()⊕[]◊ P() Q()◊[]∩ M() N()◊⇒
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(3.2-6)
8. Color matching. (a) c units of (C) matches the mixture of m units of (M) plus n
units of (N) plus p units of (P):
(3.2-7)
or (b) a mixture of c units of C plus m units of M matches the mixture of n units
of N plus p units of P:
(3.2-8)
or (c) a mixture of c units of (C) plus m units of (M) plus n units of (N) matches p

units of P:
(3.2-9)
With Grassman's laws now specified, consideration is given to the development of a
quantitative theory for color matching.
3.3. COLORIMETRY CONCEPTS
Colorimetry is the science of quantitatively measuring color. In the trichromatic
color system, color measurements are in terms of the tristimulus values of a color or
a mathematical function of the tristimulus values.
Referring to Section 3.2.3, the axioms of color matching state that a color C can
be matched by three primary colors P
1
, P
2
, P
3
. The qualitative match is expressed as
(3.3-1)
where , , are the matching values of the color (C). Because the
intensities of incoherent light sources add linearly, the spectral energy distribution of
a color mixture is equal to the sum of the spectral energy distributions of its compo-
nents. As a consequence of this fact and Eq. 3.3-1, the spectral energy distribution
can be replaced by its color-matching equivalent according to the relation
(3.3-2)
M() N()◊[]N() P()◊[]∩ M() P()◊⇒
cC• mM()•[]nN()•[]pP()•[]⊕⊕◊
cC()•[]mM()•[]nN()•[]pP()•[]⊕◊⊕
cC()•[]mM()•[]nN()•[]⊕⊕ pP()•[]◊
C() A
1
C() P

1
()•[]A
2
C() P
2
()•[]A
3
C() P
3
()•[]⊕⊕◊
A
1
C() A
2
C() A
3
C()
C λ()
C λ() A
1
C()P
1
λ() A
2
C()P
2
λ() A
3
C()P
3

λ()++ A
j
C()P
j
λ()
j 1
=
3
∑
=◊
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Equation 3.3-2 simply means that the spectral energy distributions on both sides of
the equivalence operator evoke the same color sensation. Color matching is usu-
ally specified in terms of tristimulus values, which are normalized matching values,
as defined by
(3.3-3)
where represents the matching value of the reference white. By this substitu-
tion, Eq. 3.3-2 assumes the form
(3.3-4)
From Grassman's fourth law, the luminance of a color mixture Y(C) is equal to
the luminance of its primary components. Hence
(3.3-5a)
or
(3.3-5b)
where is the relative luminous efficiency and represents the spectral
energy distribution of a primary. Equations 3.3-4 and 3.3-5 represent the quantita-
tive foundation for colorimetry.
3.3.1. Color Vision Model Verification
Before proceeding further with quantitative descriptions of the color-matching pro-

cess, it is instructive to determine whether the matching experiments and the axioms
of color matching are satisfied by the color vision model presented in Section 2.5. In
that model, the responses of the three types of receptors with sensitivities ,
, are modeled as
(3.3-6a)
(3.3-6b)
(3.3-6c)
◊
T
j
C()
A
j
C()
A
j
W()
---------------=
A
j
W()
C λ() T
j
C()A
j
W()P
j
λ()
j 1
=

3
∑
◊
YC() C λ()V λ()λd
∫
A
j
C()P
j
λ()V λ()λd
∫
j 1
=
3
∑
==
YC() T
j
C()A
j
W()P
j
λ()V λ()λd
∫
j 1
=
3
∑
=
V λ() P

j
λ()
s
1
λ()
s
2
λ() s
3
λ()
e
1
C() C λ()s
1
λ()λd
∫
=
e
2
C() C λ()s
2
λ() λd
∫
=
e
3
C() C λ()s
3
λ() λd
∫

=
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If a viewer observes the primary mixture instead of C, then from Eq. 3.3-4, substitu-
tion for should result in the same cone signals . Thus
(3.3-7a)
(3.3-7b)
(3.3-7c)
Equation 3.3-7 can be written more compactly in matrix form by defining
(3.3-8)
Then
(3.3-9)
or in yet more abbreviated form,
(3.3-10)
where the vectors and matrices of Eq. 3.3-10 are defined in correspondence with
Eqs. 3.3-7 to 3.3-9. The vector space notation used in this section is consistent with
the notation formally introduced in Appendix 1. Matrices are denoted as boldface
uppercase symbols, and vectors are denoted as boldface lowercase symbols. It
should be noted that for a given set of primaries, the matrix K is constant valued,
and for a given reference white, the white matching values of the matrix A are con-
stant. Hence, if a set of cone signals were known for a color (C), the corre-
sponding tristimulus values could in theory be obtained from
(3.3-11)
C λ() e
i
C()
e
1
C() T
j

C()A
j
W()P
j
λ()s
1
λ() λd
∫
j 1
=
3
∑
=
e
2
C() T
j
C()A
j
W()P
j
λ()s
2
λ()λd
∫
j 1
=
3
∑
=

e
3
C() T
j
C()A
j
W()P
j
λ()s
3
λ() λd
∫
j 1
=
3
∑
=
k
ij
P
j
λ()s
i
λ()λd
∫
=
e
1
C()
e

2
C()
e
3
C()
k
11
k
12
k
13
k
21
k
22
k
23
k
31
k
32
k
33
A
1
W() 00
0 A
2
W() 0
00A

3
W()
T
1
C()
T
2
C()
T
3
C()
=
e C() KAt C()=
e
i
C()
T
j
C()
t C() KA[]
1
–
e C()=
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provided that the matrix inverse of [KA] exists. Thus, it has been shown that with
proper selection of the tristimulus signals

, any color can be matched in the
sense that the cone signals will be the same for the primary mixture as for the actual

color C. Unfortunately, the cone signals are not easily measured physical
quantities, and therefore, Eq. 3.3-11 cannot be used directly to compute the tristimu-
lus values of a color. However, this has not been the intention of the derivation.
Rather, Eq. 3.3-11 has been developed to show the consistency of the color-match-
ing experiment with the color vision model.
3.3.2. Tristimulus Value Calculation
It is possible indirectly to compute the tristimulus values of an arbitrary color for a
particular set of primaries if the tristimulus values of the spectral colors (narrow-
band light) are known for that set of primaries. Figure 3.3-1 is a typical sketch of the
tristimulus values required to match a unit energy spectral color with three arbitrary
primaries. These tristimulus values, which are fundamental to the definition of a pri-
mary system, are denoted as , , , where is a particular wave-
length in the visible region. A unit energy spectral light ( ) at wavelength with
energy distribution is matched according to the equation
(3.3-12)
Now, consider an arbitrary color [C] with spectral energy distribution . At
wavelength , units of the color are matched by , ,
tristimulus units of the primaries as governed by
(3.3-13)
Integrating each side of Eq. 3.3-13 over and invoking the sifting integral gives the
cone signal for the color (C). Thus
(3.3-14)
By correspondence with Eq. 3.3-7, the tristimulus values of (C) must be equivalent
to the second integral on the right of Eq. 3.3-14. Hence
(3.3-15)
T
j
C()
e
i

C()
T
s
1
λ() T
s
2
λ() T
s
3
λ() λ
C
ψ
ψ
δλ ψ–()
e
i
C
ψ
() δλψ–()s
i
λ()λd
∫
A
j
W()P
j
λ()T
s
j

ψ()s
i
λ()λd
∫
j 1
=
3
∑
==
C λ()
ψ C ψ() C ψ()T
s
1
ψ() C ψ()T
s
2
ψ()
C ψ()T
s
3
ψ()
C ψ()δλ ψ–()s
i
λ()λd
∫
A
j
W()P
j
λ()C ψ()T

s
j
ψ()s
i
λ() λd
∫
j 1
=
3
∑
=
ψ
C ψ()δλ ψ–()s
i
λ()λψdd
∫∫
e
i
C() A
j
W()P
j
λ()C ψ()T
s
j
ψ()s
i
λ()ψd λd
∫∫
j 1

=
3
∑
==
T
j
C() C ψ()T
s
j
ψ()ψd
∫
=
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From Figure 3.3-1 it is seen that the tristimulus values obtained from solution of
Eq. 3.3-11 may be negative at some wavelengths. Because the tristimulus values
represent units of energy, the physical interpretation of this mathematical result is
that a color match can be obtained by adding the primary with negative tristimulus
value to the original color and then matching this resultant color with the remaining
primary. In this sense, any color can be matched by any set of primaries. However,
from a practical viewpoint, negative tristimulus values are not physically realizable,
and hence there are certain colors that cannot be matched in a practical color display
(e.g., a color television receiver) with fixed primaries. Fortunately, it is possible to
choose primaries so that most commonly occurring natural colors can be matched.
The three tristimulus values T
1
, T
2
, T'
3

can be considered to form the three axes of
a color space as illustrated in Figure 3.3-2. A particular color may be described as a
a vector in the color space, but it must be remembered that it is the coordinates of
the vectors (tristimulus values), rather than the vector length, that specify the color.
In Figure 3.3-2, a triangle, called a Maxwell triangle, has been drawn between the
three primaries. The intersection point of a color vector with the triangle gives an
indication of the hue and saturation of the color in terms of the distances of the point
from the vertices of the triangle.
FIGURE 3.3-1. Tristimulus values of typical red, green, and blue primaries required to
match unit energy throughout the spectrum.
FIGURE 3.3-2 Color space for typical red, green, and blue primaries.
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Often the luminance of a color is not of interest in a color match. In such situa-
tions, the hue and saturation of color (C) can be described in terms of chromaticity
coordinates, which are normalized tristimulus values, as defined by
(3.3-16a)
(3.3-16b)
(3.3-16c)
Clearly, , and hence only two coordinates are necessary to describe a
color match. Figure 3.3-3 is a plot of the chromaticity coordinates of the spectral
colors for typical primaries. Only those colors within the triangle defined by the
three primaries are realizable by physical primary light sources.
3.3.3. Luminance Calculation
The tristimulus values of a color specify the amounts of the three primaries required
to match a color where the units are measured relative to a match of a reference
white. Often, it is necessary to determine the absolute rather than the relative
amount of light from each primary needed to reproduce a color match. This informa-
tion is found from luminance measurements of calculations of a color match.
FIGURE 3.3-3. Chromaticity diagram for typical red, green, and blue primaries.

t
1
T
1
T
1
T
2
T
3
++
------------------------------≡
t
2
T
2
T
1
T
2
T
3
++
------------------------------≡
t
3
T
3
T
1

T
2
T
3
++
------------------------------≡
t
3
1 t
1
t
2
––=
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From Eq. 3.3-5 it is noted that the luminance of a matched color Y(C) is equal to
the sum of the luminances of its primary components according to the relation
(3.3-17)
The integrals of Eq. 3.3-17,
(3.3-18)
are called luminosity coefficients of the primaries. These coefficients represent the
luminances of unit amounts of the three primaries for a match to a specific reference
white. Hence the luminance of a matched color can be written as
(3.3-19)
Multiplying the right and left sides of Eq. 3.3-19 by the right and left sides, respec-
tively, of the definition of the chromaticity coordinate
(3.3-20)
and rearranging gives
(3.3-21a)
Similarly,

(3.3-21b)
(3.3-21c)
Thus the tristimulus values of a color can be expressed in terms of the luminance
and chromaticity coordinates of the color.
YC() T
j
C() A
j
C()P
j
λ()V λ()λd
∫
j 1
=
3
∑
=
YP
j
() A
j
C()P
j
λ()V λ()λd
∫
=
YC() T
1
C()YP
1

()T
2
C()YP
2
()T
3
C()YP
3
()++=
t
1
C()
T
1
C()
T
1
C() T
2
C() T
3
C()++
----------------------------------------------------------=
T
1
C()
t
1
C()YC()
t

1
C()YP
1
()t
2
C()YP
2
()t
3
C()YP
3
()++
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------=
T
2
C()
t
2
C()YC()
t
1
C()YP
1
()t
2
C()YP
2
()t
3
C()YP

3
()++
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------=
T
3
C()
t
3
C()YC()
t
1
C()YP
1
()t
2
C()YP
2
()t
3
C()YP
3
()++
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------=
TRISTIMULUS VALUE TRANSFORMATION
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3.4. TRISTIMULUS VALUE TRANSFORMATION
From Eq. 3.3-7 it is clear that there is no unique set of primaries for matching colors.
If the tristimulus values of a color are known for one set of primaries, a simple coor-
dinate conversion can be performed to determine the tristimulus values for another
set of primaries (16). Let (P

1
), (P
2
), (P
3
) be the original set of primaries with spec-
tral energy distributions , , , with the units of a match determined
by a white reference (W) with matching values , , . Now, consider
a new set of primaries , , with spectral energy distributions ,
, . Matches are made to a reference white , which may be different
than the reference white of the original set of primaries, by matching values ,
, . Referring to Eq. 3.3-10, an arbitrary color (C) can be matched by the
tristimulus values , , with the original set of primaries or by the
tristimulus values , , with the new set of primaries, according to
the matching matrix relations
(3.4-1)
The tristimulus value units of the new set of primaries, with respect to the original
set of primaries, must now be found. This can be accomplished by determining the
color signals of the reference white for the second set of primaries in terms of both
sets of primaries. The color signal equations for the reference white become
(3.4-2)
where . Finally, it is necessary to relate the two sets of
primaries by determining the color signals of each of the new primary colors ,
, in terms of both primary systems. These color signal equations are
(3.4-3a)
(3.4-3b)
(3.4-3c)
where
P
1

λ()P
2
λ()P
3
λ()
A
1
W()A
2
W()A
3
W()
P
˜
1
()P
˜
2
()P
˜
3
() P
˜
1
λ()
P
˜
2
λ()P
˜

3
λ() W
˜
()
A
˜
1
W()
A
˜
2
W()A
˜
3
W()
T
1
C()T
2
C()T
3
C()
T
˜
1
C()
T
˜
2
C()

T
˜
3
C()
e C() KA W()t C() K
˜
A
˜
W
˜
()t
˜
C()==
W
˜
e W
˜
() KA W()t W
˜
() K
˜
A
˜
W
˜
()t
˜
W
˜
()==

T
˜
1
W
˜
() T
˜
2
W
˜
() T
3
˜
W
˜
() 1===
P
˜
1
()
P
˜
2
()P
˜
3
()
e P
1
˜

() KA W()t P
1
˜
() K
˜
A
˜
W
˜
()t
˜
P
1
˜
()==
e P
2
˜
() KA W()t P
2
˜
() K
˜
A
˜
W
˜
()t
˜
P

2
˜
()==
e P
3
˜
() KA W()t P
3
˜
() K
˜
A
˜
W
˜
()t
˜
P
3
˜
()==
t
˜
P
˜
1
()
1
A
1

W
˜
()
----------------
0
0
=
t
˜
P
˜
2
()
0
1
A
2
W
˜
()
----------------
0
=
t
˜
P
˜
2
()
0

0
1
A
3
W
˜
()
----------------
=