Color Science
2008-2009 - IMT4801 - 5sp

Forventet læringsutbytte

The aim of this course is to supply fundamentals and basic knowledge of colorimetry and practical information on color measurements.

On completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• Understand and make use of color attributes, color measurements and color specification systems.
• Know the relationships between colorimetric values and color attributes and color vision mechanisms.
• Perform practical calculation of colorimetric values: color coordinates, whiteness index, color rendering index, and degree of metamerism.

Emnets temaer

1. History of colorimetry, origins of color.
2. Physics of color: Light, vision and photometry
3. Color perception and color specifications systems based on scales of color attributes.
4. Fundamentals of colorimetry: color specification systems using additive color mixing
5. CIE standard colorimetric systems.
6. Uniform color spaces and color difference formulas
7. Measurement and calculation of colorimetric values
8. Evolution of CIE standard colorimetric system
9. Application of CIE standard colorimetric system

Pedagogiske metoder

Forelesninger
Lab.øvelser
Oppgaveløsning

Vurderingsformer

Skriftlig eksamen, 4 timer
Øvinger

Vurderingsformer

Written exam (75%), exercises (25%)

Karakterskala

Bokstavkarakterer, A (best) - F (ikke bestått)

Sensorordning

One internal and one external examiner

Utsatt eksamen (tidl. kontinuasjon)

None

Tillatte hjelpemidler (gjelder kun skriftlig eksamen)

None

Læremidler

• Basic textbook:
  • Ohta & Robertson (2005), Colorimetry: Fundamentals and Applications, Wiley
• Additional books:
  • Wyszecki & Stiles (1982). Color science: Concepts and methods, quantitative data and formulae. 2nd ed., Wiley
  • Berns (2000), Billmeyer and Saltzman’s Principles of Color Technology" 3rd ed, Wiley

Erstatter

Partial overlap with IMT4401 Digital Image Reproduction