The Reproduction of Colour (eBook)

Robert Hunt, formerly Assistant Director of Research, Kodak Research Laboratories in Harrow, England, is an independent colour consultant and visiting Professor of Colour Science at the University of Derby. He has been Chairman of the Colour Group of Great Britain (1961-63); Chairman of the Colorimetry Committee of the CIE (1975-83); and President of the International Colour Association (1981-85). He has written over a hundred papers on colour, vision, colour reproduction, and colour measurement. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and a member of the Royal Institution where he served as Vice-President (1985-87). He has been awarded the Progress Medal of the Royal Photographic Society, the Judd-AIC Medal of the International Colour Association, and the Gold Medal of the Institute of Printing.

Series Preface xviii

Preface to the Sixth Edition xx

PART ONE FUNDAMENTALS

1 Spectral Colour Reproduction 3

2 Trichromatic Colour Reproduction and the Additive Principle 9

3 Additive Methods 18

4 The Subtractive Principle 25

5 Visual Appreciation 31

6 Tone Reproduction 47

7 The Colour Triangle 68

8 Colour Standards and Calculations 92

9 The Colorimetry of Subtractive Systems 126

10 Light Sources 139

11 Objectives in Colour Reproduction 163

PART TWO COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHY

12 Subtractive Methods in Colour Photography 183

13 Reflection Prints in Colour 199

14 Quantitative Colour Photography 212

15 Masking and Coloured Couplers 244

16 Printing Colour Negatives 262

17 The Chemistry of Colour Photography 277

18 Image Structure in Colour Photography 300

PART THREE COLOUR TELEVISION

19 The Transmission of Colour Television Signals 335

20 Electronic Cameras 360

21 Display Devices for Colour Television 376

22 The N.T.S.C. and Similar Systems of Colour Television 393

23 The Use of Colour Film in Colour Television 427

24 Video Cassettes 443

25 Pictures from Computers 455

PART FOUR COLOUR PRINTING

26 Photomechanical Principles 475

27 Preparing the Copy and Checking the Results 492

28 Practical Masking in Making Separations 504

29 Colour Scanners 519

PART FIVE DIGITAL IMAGING

30 Bit Requirements 545

31 Camcorders and Digital Still Cameras 555

32 Digital Scanners 564

33 Digital Printing 569

PART SIX EVALUATING COLOUR APPEARANCE

34 Chromatic Adaptation Transforms and a Colour Inconstancy Index 589

35 CIECAM97s Model of Colour Appearance 596

36 Models of Colour Vision for Comprehensive Purposes and for Unrelated Colours 627

37 Colour Reproduction Indices 637

APPENDICES

Appendix 1 Matrix Algebra 645

Appendix 2 Colorimetric Tables 650

Appendix 3 Photometric Units 663

Appendix 4 Photographic Parameters 666

Appendix 5 Advanced Colour Difference Formulae 670

Appendix 6 A Replacement for CIECAM97s 672

Appendix 7 Spectral Luminous Efficiency Functions 678

Index 681

"Hunt's ability to transmit complex technical information in a
communicable, easy reading manner is to be applauded...will
make a difference n the careers of scientists, engineers, color
developers, and color technologists, who undertake to study and
learn from it." (COLOR research and application, December
2005)

"...a standard...[that] is widely used in research,
teaching, and lecturing." (CHOICE, July 2005)