Crayons under the spectrophotometer
Making spectral power distribution graphs of a box a crayons.
Posts filed under: Color
Estimating Color Gamut Volume
Using the Monte Carlo method to resolve conflicting information about color gamut volumes.
The scientific misconduct of Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo's fake color experiment and the difference between additive and subtractive color.
Planck’s Despair
Computing the chromaticity coordinates of the Planckian Locus and computing color temperature using just a smidgen of calculus.
Deconstructing Chromaticity
We are going to geek out on color theory today. If you've spent anytime at all around digital color, you've certainly seen the above diagram. It's called a chromaticity diagram
Whither Gamut?
Have you ever wondered why monitors have limited gamuts in the first place? Why can't they be made to simply reproduce all colors.
Some Notes on Saturation
The tools we use effect us more than we like to admit. We are so accustomed to working on computers that we tend to forget that the interface of a modern operating system is little more than a set of visual metaphors.
Some Notes on Color
Some notes regarding color categories, perception and language.
The abyss of uncertainty
A catalog of the differences in the way I see a scene compared to what is captured in a photograph.