Color Difference Measurement
Color Difference Measurement
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3.1 Color Difference and Chromaticity
Diagram
Color of an object is qualified by its lightness, hue and saturation
The lightness is expressed by tristimulus value of Y, hence color
quality of an object is represented by hue and chroma.
These parameters are described by chromaticity coordinates of x
and y.
The outline of chromaticity diagram represent most vivid ( high
chroma ) colors, while as we move away from the boundary the
vividness or saturation of color decreases.
All the real colors lie inside the chromaticty diagram.
The curved part of the left hand boundary shows short wavelength
colors from violet at bottom to blue ,bluish -green to green top.
On the right hand boundary it represents greenish- yellow, yellow,
orange to red at the bottom.
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The straight line closing the diagram corresponds to most
saturated or vivid colors as red, red-purple, true purple and
purple and purple violet.
Thus chromaticity diagram is a map of true colors.
The colors represented by points outside the diagram can never be
produced.
The color quality i.e., hue and saturation of an object is
represented by a point on a chromaticity diagram.
Any change in location of a point of the point on
chromaticity diagram gives perceptible color difference.
CIE is not recognized as equally visually spaced system,
equal change in point on chromaticity diagram does not
represent perceptually equal color difference.
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Fig.3.1 : Chromaticity diagram illustrating tolerance for yellow
color (schematic diagram with large tolerance)
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If the sample prepared to match the color one
representing by the point 1,2,3 and 4 Figure 3.1,then
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3.2 Acceptability Viruses Perceptibility ...
• Color difference can be expressed by single or set of
numbers.
• The objective of color difference measurement is to decide
the dyed product of different batches are acceptable or not.
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