Introduction to Colour Science
VERY WIP! EXTREMELY INCOMPLETE
Notes written based on the lectures of prof. Alexander Wilkie in the winter semester of the academic year 2025/2026. Any and all mistakes are my own. The notes are structured according to the lectures with some additions and omissions.
Subject Code: NPGR025
Motivation
- Why do we care?
- Physically based rendering etc.
History
- Linear Colour Models
- Progress to 2D and 3D colour models
- Colour Atlases
Physics Background
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Electromagnetic radiation
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Light and Matter interaction
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Visible Spectrum
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15 Causes of Colour
Human Perception
- Rods & Cones
- L M S cones
- Retinal post processing
- V($\lambda$)
Colour Spaces
- CIE RGB
- CIE XYZ
- CIE L*a*b* and CIE L*u*v*