Skip to main content

Colorimetric Color Spaces

  • Chapter
  • First Online:

Part of the book series: Texts in Computer Science ((TCS))

Abstract

In any application that requires precise, reproducible, and deviceindependent presentation of colors, the use of calibrated color systems is an absolute necessity. For example, color calibration is routinely used throughout the digital print work flow but also in digital film production, professional photography, image databases, etc. One may have experienced how difficult it is, for example, to render a good photograph on a color laser printer, and even the color reproduction on monitors largely depends on the particular manufacturer and computer system.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.

Buying options

Chapter
USD   29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD   64.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Learn about institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2016 Springer-Verlag London

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Burger, W., Burge, M.J. (2016). Colorimetric Color Spaces. In: Digital Image Processing. Texts in Computer Science. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6684-9_14

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6684-9_14

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, London

  • Print ISBN: 978-1-4471-6683-2

  • Online ISBN: 978-1-4471-6684-9

  • eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics