The Colour Image Processing Handbook

This book is aimed at those using colour image processing or researching new applications or techniques of colour image processing. It has been clear for some time that there is a need for a text dedicated to colour. We foresee a great increase in the use

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The Colour Image Processing Handbook

Edited by

S. J. Sangwine and R. E. N. Horne

Department of Engineering University of Reading UK

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SPRlNGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V

First edition 1998

© 1998 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht Originally published by Chapman & Hali in 1998 Softcover reprint ofthe hardcover lst edition 1998

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Contents

List of contributors Preface

xiii

Acknowledgements

1 The present state and the future of colour image processing PART ONE

2

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1

COLOUR

Colour vision

7

William McIlhagga 2.1 What is colour? 2.2 The visual pathway 2.3 Light absorption and trichromacy 2.4 Colour appearance and opponent processes 2.5 Other phenomena 2.6 The uses of colour

16 20 23

7 9 11

Colour science

26

M. Ronnier Luo 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The CIE system 3.3 Colour measurement instruments 3.4 Uniform colour spaces and colour difference formulas 3.5 Colour appearance modelling

26 27 40 44 52

Colour spaces

67

H enryk Palus 4.1 Basic RGB colour space 4.2 XYZ colour space 4.3 Television colour spaces

67 69 71

vi Contents

4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.10

Opponent colour space Ohta hhh colour space IHS and related perceptual colour spaces Perceptually uniform colour spaces Munsell colour system Kodak PhotoYCC colour space Summary of colour space properties

PART TWO

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IMAGE ACQUISITION

Colour video systems and sig