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Several resources about color and its relationship with other human activities.
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C o l o r M a t t e r s W e l c o m e  Matters is a registered trademark of J.L. Morton....
http://www.colormatters.com/

Unconventional way of classifying and teaching colors.
http://www.abelard.org/colour/col-hi.htm

Academic laboratory dedicated to research and education in color science, based at Rochester Institute of Technology.
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Welcome to the Munsell Color Science Laboratory  Dave and lots of projectors images[1 baseDir img01.jpg captions[1 Justin working on the paint lab images[2 baseDir img02.jpg captions[2 Mark teaching in the Grum Learning Center images[3 baseDir img03.jpg captions[3 Mark Fairchild images[4 baseDir img04.jpg captions[4 Silly grad students images[5...
http://www.cis.rit.edu/research/mcsl/

Concerns the measurement and control of coloured surfaces such as plastics, textiles, and surface coatings. It is intended for practitioners rather than theoreticians.
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Colour Physics FAQ  Frequently asked questions about Colour Physicsversion 2.0aCopyright 2000 Colourware Ltd Sponsored by Konica Minolta About this FAQThis FAQ concerns the measurement and control of coloured surfaces such as plastics, textiles, surface coatings etc. It is intended for practitioners rather than...
http://www.colourware.co.uk/cpfaq.htm

Demonstrate mixture of light with three primaries. Introduce concept of chromaticity coordinates.
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efg's Maxwell Triangle Lab Report  The black dot near the middle shows the location of the chromaticity point xyz 0.25, 0.50, 0.25 Ignore JPEG compression artifacts Purpose The purpose of this experiment is to demonstrate the mixture of colored lights and to introduce the concept...
http://www.efg2.com/Lab/Graphics/Colors/MaxwellTriangle.htm

Demonstrate how to display a 1931 CIE chromaticity chart, as well as the transformations needed for the 1960 and 1976 charts. The charts can be displayed using either the 1931 2-degree or 1964 10-degree standard observer.
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efg's Chromaticity Diagrams Lab Report  The purpose of this project is to demonstrate how to display a 1931 CIE chromaticity chart, as well as the transformations introduced in 1960 and 1976. In addition, the charts can be displayed using either the 1931 2-degree standard observer,...
http://www.efg2.com/Lab/Graphics/Colors/Chromaticity.htm

Interactive demonstration of mixing additive or subtractive colors.
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efg's Color Mix Report  Mix is to provide an interactive laboratory for mixing additive or subtractive colors. Background RGB (Red-Green-Blue) is an additive color system used in color display monitors where light is mixed. CMY (Cyan-Magenta-Yellow) and CMYK (Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-blacK) are subtractive color systems used...
http://www.efg2.com/Lab/Graphics/Colors/ColorMix.htm

A simple experiment testing the effect color has on the absorption and reflection of solar energy.
http://angelfire.com/ms2/hatchett

A complete Delphi program, including source code, to display wavelength colors as a function of wavelength and optionally display the emission and absorption spectra of hydrogen.
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efg's Computer Lab: Spectra Lab Report  The purpose of this program is to display RGB colors as a function of wavelength for visible light (380 to 780 nm A secondary purpose of this program is to display the emission and absorption spectra of hydrogen. The upper...
http://www.efg2.com/Lab/ScienceAndEngineering/Spectra.htm

A rapidly growing site covering many aspects of colour science.
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 Colour Information By Mark Roberts Colour Concepts Colour Temperature and Blackbody Radiation The Primary Colours are NOT red, blue and yellow CIE The CIEColour System CIE to RGB Conversion Colour Models RGB HSV HSL YUV YIQ CIE XYZ CIE LAB...
http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~mer/colour/index.html

Explore the phenonmena that create our colorful world.
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Causes of Colors Why are things colored Home)  Lookfor: webexhibits.org/causesofcolor Bibliography Credits Feedback...
http://webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/

Explanation of applying fluorescent whitening agents to increase perceived whiteness.
http://mitglied.lycos.de/whiteness/

Clarifies aspects of colour specification and image coding that are important to computer graphics, image processing, video, and the transfer of digital images to print.
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colorspace-faq FAQ about Color and Gamma  There are reader questions on this topic!Help others by sharing your knowledge Message-ID: graphics/colorspace-faq_1082200966@rtfm.mit.edu X-Last-Updated: 1997/02/28 From Charles A. Poynton poynton@inforamp.net Subject: colorspace-faq FAQ about Color and Gamma Newsgroups: comp.graphics, comp.graphics.algorithms, sci.engr.television.advanced, sci.engr.television.broadcast, sci.image.processing Summary: This FAQ clarifies aspects of...
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/graphics/colorspace-faq/