Course on Color

Table of Contents

1. The Spectral Energy Distribution Curve
1. Dispersion of Light Through a Prism
2. Tungsten – Halogen Light Source
3. Planck’s Black Body Law
4. Mercury Light source (Capillary Lamp)
5. LEDs
6. White LEDs
2. Operation of a Three Filter Colorimeter
1. Structure of a three filter Colorimeter
2. Graphs of  the Eye Response Functions
3. Equations of the Tristimulus Value Functions
4. The Trichromatic Coefficients
5. How the Three Filter Colorimeter Calculates Color.
6. Calculation of CIE 1960 and 1976 Color Coordinates
7. Black Body Temp & Color Calculations for Three Color Spaces
8. The color of points on the 1931 CIE Locus.
9. Color Purity and Dominant Wavelength
10. An Example of a Colorimeter the CS-100A
3. Spectroradiometer
1. How does the Spectroradiometer work?
2. Review of the generation of the Trichromatic Coefficients
3. Spreadsheet to calculate the Trichomatic Coefs from the Tristimulus Functions.
4. Examples of a Spectroradiometer  the CS-200 (40 element array) and the  the CS-1000 (512 element Array)
4. Factors that affect the observed color of Light Sources

      5.  Test Questions