Chapter 7. Major Color Order Systems and Their Psychophysical Structure
Published Online: 20 MAR 2003
DOI: 10.1002/0471432261.ch7
Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Book Title
Color Space and Its Divisions: Color Order from Antiquity to the Present
Additional Information
How to Cite
Kuehni, R. G. (2003) Major Color Order Systems and Their Psychophysical Structure, in Color Space and Its Divisions: Color Order from Antiquity to the Present, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, USA. doi: 10.1002/0471432261.ch7
Publication History
- Published Online: 20 MAR 2003
- Published Print: 14 MAR 2003
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9780471326700
Online ISBN: 9780471432265
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Keywords:
- color atlas;
- euclidean geometry;
- Munsell system;
- Optical Society of America Uniform Color Scales;
- Swedish Natural Color system;
- uniform color space
Summary
Chapter 7 contains more extensive descriptions and comparative analysis of three major color order systems: the Munsell and OSA-UCS system and the NCS system. The former two are attempts at a uniform color space while the latter is an implementation of Herings “natural color system.” It is demonstrated that neither constant value planes of the Munsell system nor constant lightness planes of the (experimental results of) OSA-UCS can be isomorphically plotted on a euclidean plane.