Re: Metamerism vs Color Constancy - No! Again? [Was: To UV or not]
Re: Metamerism vs Color Constancy - No! Again? [Was: To UV or not]
- Subject: Re: Metamerism vs Color Constancy - No! Again? [Was: To UV or not]
- From: Roger Breton <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 10:35:29 -0400
> Notice the expression "metamerism failure": metamerism is a *positive*
> quality, something we would rather have than not in most situations. It's
> what allows us to see two colors as identical under certain illuminants,
> though their spectral compositions may differ substantially.
Let's keep in perspective that metamerism is mostly a product of industrial
revolution, which arise out of mass use of synthetic dyes and pigments. In
nature, there are very few known metamers, according to the scientific
litterature.
Roger Breton | Laval, Canada | email@hidden
http://pages.infinit.net/graxx
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