Colorimetry Flashcards
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