Re: Shmetamerism
Re: Shmetamerism
- Subject: Re: Shmetamerism
- From: Robin Myers <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 20:50:40 -0800
- Organization: Robin Myers Imaging
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If we take the two outside then the 2000P print might match the
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Kodak card in some densities but not in all, there will be a shift in
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graybalance in some areas of the 2000P print.
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So is that not metamerism - or perhaps illuminant metamerism??
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Or do we need a new word to describe the above problem. If so let's
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coin one?? I'd rather work on ways to get rid of the problem than
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<argue> about how to describe it ;-}.
A term already exists to describe this phenomenon, "color inconstancy". When a
color is perceived to be the same when the illuminant is changed, it is "color
constancy" at work. When this human visual system mechanism fails then it is
"color inconstancy". There is no need to invent terms.
Robin Myers