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CM613 Multimedia storage and retrieval Colour. D.Miller. What is colour?. Source: http://ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/resource/tutor/stereo/chap2/chapter2_4_e.php. Perception of colour. Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727) . Colour Physics.
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Source: http://ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/resource/tutor/stereo/chap2/chapter2_4_e.php Perception of colour Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727)
Colour Physics Source: http://www.mic-d.com/curriculum/lightandcolor/electromagnetic.html
Evolution of the eye (source [3])
Diagram of human eye Containing specialised cells: “rods” – sensitive to light and dark “cones” – sensitive to colour
Rods and cones Source: [2]
Colour (In)constancy • Colour perception is influenced by surrounding colours: • http://www.echalk.co.uk/amusements/OpticalIllusions/colourPerception/colourPerception.html
http://www.psych.ucalgary.ca/PACE/VA-Lab/colourperceptionweb/theories.htmhttp://www.psych.ucalgary.ca/PACE/VA-Lab/colourperceptionweb/theories.htm
Colour Spaces: Colour Wheel Purest (spectral) colours on perimeter A B Combining pure colours at A and B produces a result along this line
Colour mixing Additive colour mixing Subtractive colour mixing Source 1 http://home.att.net/~B-P.TRUSCIO/COLORSYS.htm http://konicaminolta.com/yourcolours/colour_knowlege_seminar/c_knowlege_seminar001.html
CIE 1931 colour space chromaticity diagram Imaginary GREEN primary Actual perceivable colours X value represents proportion of red, Y represents proportion of green 1-(X+Y) represents proportion of blue http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~mer/colour/cie.html http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/vision/cie.html Imaginary BLUE primary Imaginary RED primary
Gamut (“range”) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamut http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/prophoto-rgb.shtml http://www.drycreekphoto.com/Learn/color_spaces.htm http://www.naturephotographers.net/articles1203/mh1203-1.html
RGB colour space http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~mer/colour/hsv.html
CIE L*A*B* model Commision Internationale de L'Eclairage (CIE) Source 1 Colour solid
Digital data representation of colour Picture element – (pixel, pel) smallest discrete component of an image. Perceived as a coloured dot. more pixels per square cm = “higher” resolution. Bitmap Bitmaps are defined as a regular rectangular mesh of cells called pixels, each pixel containing a colour value. They are characterised by only two parameters, the number of pixels and the information content (colour depth) per pixel 1 bit image (binary image, 1 bit monochrome image) Smallest possible information content for a pixel? Black and white only? Storage requirements? Use for? http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/dataformats/bitmaps/
Digital data representation of colour 8-bit grey-level image how many shades of grey? 8-bit colour image how many different colours? which colours? why lookup tables?
Digital data representation of colour 24-bit colour image how many different colours? storage penalty? 32-bit colour image What is the extra byte used for?
Colour printing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-color_printing#Color_separation_process Detail of colour wheel photographic plate in [2]. Scanned at 300 dpi. Scanned at 1200 dpi.
Pixels and halftoning Detail of colour wheel photographic plate in [2]. Scanned at 300 dpi. Scanned at 1200 dpi.
As you might wish it to be Because colour data can be stored and retrieved consistently, colour will be perceived consistently The reality Retrieved colour data is perceived differently when it is presented on different media, and perception is also affected by other factors such as the presence of other colours or the level of ambient lighting.
References [1] Coren, Ward and Enns (1999) Sensation and Perception (5th Ed). Harcourt Brace College Publishers [2] Li and Drew (2004) Fundamentals of Multimedia. Pearson [3] Rosenzweig, Breedlove and Leiman (2002) Biological Psychology. Sinauer.