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As explained in Chap. 1, the objective method of evaluating the appearance of a color consists of determining a stimulus that is equivalent under the viewing conditions. The stimulus ordinarily employed is an additive mixture of three basic or primary stimuli. In the calculation of the equivalent stimulus from spectrophotometric data, it is necessary to use the tristimulus values for the spectrum colors. Table 1.1 lists the values of x̄, ȳ, z̄ that were adopted by the CIE in 1931. Those values indicate the amounts of each of the chosen primaries that are required by a normal observer to match the colors of equal amounts of power at the indicated wavelengths.
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MacAdam, D.L. (1985). Determination of Tristimulus Values. In: Color Measurement. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 27. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-38681-0_5
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