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Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology
Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology
Technology
Ming Ronnier Luo
Editor
Encyclopedia of Color
Science and Technology
Color is everywhere in daily life. It makes the world vibrant and exciting.
However, we frequently make difficult color decisions and struggle to describe
them precisely. Color on its own spans physics, chemistry, computing, psy-
chology, and perception, and contributes fundamentally to art, design, and
media. With this in mind, the primary goal of this publication was to provide a
comprehensive and multidisciplinary reference to the main fields in which
color is relevant. It can be used to promote the fields of color science and
technology, to cover a wide range of disciplines, to provide good introductory
material for beginners, and to attract a new generation of color researchers and
engineers. I am very proud to say we have successfully achieved this goal.
Readers will be able to survey information on color related subjects from many
different aspects and influence the way people work with color. It has been a
great honor and pleasure to coordinate this ambitious project. As an educator in
the field of color technology, I have been fortunate to lead the project that
includes 14 sections divided into 254 chapters. In total, 153 experts were
invited to contribute to the work. This is the first reference work to refer to
color from the different points of view of color vision, color appearance,
optical phenomena, colorants, metrology, color spaces, and many other color
related topics. It also includes domain specific entries such as color and
visualization, color in graphics, image processing, and color management.
Readers can access each topic as a printed reference and also as part of
Springer online reference material. In addition, each author will continue to
update their material for years to come. Although a substantial amount of work
has been accomplished, it is planned to extend the encyclopaedia to include
new content as it becomes relevant and available.
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Acknowledgments
I would like to thank all the contributors, including the section leaders, who
each assembled a strong group of authors in their specific expert areas, and all
the authors who prepared high quality input in a timely manner. I would like to
particularly thank Prof. van Bommout who almost single handedly delivered
the section on lighting technology based on his vast knowledge of the subject.
I would also like to thank the late Prof. Janos Schanda for leading the section
on CIE standards. It is with sadness that we learnt he had passed away during a
busy period of preparation: he will be greatly missed by all color people.
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About the Editor
Over the past 30 years, Ming Ronnier Luo has been involved in the field of
color science and color technology. His major contributions to color science
include advances in color difference evaluation, color appearance modeling,
color emotion and harmony understanding and prediction, and lighting quality
measurement. His mission has always been one of international dissemination
of color expertise. He has created color and appearance postgraduate depart-
ments at universities in China, Taiwan, and UK, and currently he is a Global
Expertise Professor at Zhejiang University (China), the Professor of Color and
Imaging Science at the University of Leeds (UK), and a Chair Professor at the
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (R.O.C.). He and his
colleagues have copublished over 500 refereed journal and conference papers.
He has successfully supervised 45 PhD students and has taught color science
courses to over 500 master students. These are now spread across all continents
in academic institutions and industry. He has been heavily involved with the
International Commission on Illumination (CIE), the world authority for the
standardization and specification of color and lighting, presently holding the
post of Vice President Publishing (2015–2019). He served the Director of CIE
Division One on Vision and Color (2007–2015), and a chair or an active
member of various technical and standardization committees. He was also
Chairman of the Color Measurement Committee of the Society of Dyers and
Colorists (1997–2002).
Ronnier has always worked closely with industry and strongly believes in
the transfer of technology. Many of his new technologies have become suc-
cessful industrial products, collaborating with international companies
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xii About the Editor
covering the surface color, imaging, and illumination and supply chain
industries.
In recognition of his contributions to color science and technology, he has
gained a number of awards. These include the Dyers’ Company Silver Medal
(1986–1987), The Bartleson Research Award (1994), and the Davis Medal of
the Royal Photographic Society (2003). He was awarded the title of Fellow of
the Society of Dyers and Colorists in 2000, their Centenary Medal in 2004, and
their Gold Medal in 2009. He became a Fellow of the Society of Image Science
and Technology (2002) and the Dyers’ Company Research Medallist in
(2006).
Section Editors
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xiv Section Editors
Renzo Shamey Color Science and Imaging Laboratory, North Carolina State
University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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xx List of Contributors