Gernot Hoffmann

Graphics for Color Science

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2
2. Color-Matching Function RGB 2
3. Color-Matching Function XYZ 3
4. Chromaticity Diagram with Color Temperatures 4
5. Chromaticity Diagram with Gamut Triangles 5
6. Chromaticity Diagram Lu’v’ 6
7. CIELab Gamut Volume for sRGB 7
8. CIELab Wireframe for CIE-RGB / NTSC / RGB 8
7. CIELab Wireframe for sRGB / Linear and Standard 9
10. Files 10

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1. Introduction
This is a catalog of accurate graphics for color science.
The EPS files can be downloaded as TXT files. Then rename as EPS
and use in any desktop publishing program like PageMaker or InDesign.
Previews can be shown by Photoshop but these are already rastered
whereas the EPS files contain scaleable vector graphics.
Don´t use parts of this document by copy and paste. This doesn´t
deliver the best quality.
The use of the graphics files is free but the author should be mentioned.
Many other graphics and tutorials available. Please refer to the Website
and the chapter Documents.

2. Color-matching Function RGB

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3. Color-matching Function XYZ

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380 420 460 500 540 580 620 λ 660 nm 700

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4. Chromaticity Diagram with Color Temperatures
This PDF shows visible small boxes. The downloadable source file will
create fill patterns without visible boxes.

1.0
y
0.9

520 525
515 530
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535
510 540
545
0.7 550
505 555
560
0.6 565
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0.5 580
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2105
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D50
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D65 605
4444

610
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D93
5714

0.3 620
6667

490 635
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700

0.2 485

480
0.1 475
470
460
0.0 380
0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 x 1.0

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5. Chromaticity Diagram with Gamut Triangles
This PDF shows visible small boxes. The downloadable source file will
create fill patterns without visible boxes.

1.0
y
0.9

520 525
515 530
0.8
535
510 540
545
0.7 550
505 555
560
0.6 565
570
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0.5 NTSC CIE sRGB
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0.4 595
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610
0.3 620
490 635
700

0.2 485

480
0.1 475
470
460
0.0 380
0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 x 1.0

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6. Chromaticity Diagram Lu’v’
This PDF shows visible small boxes. The downloadable source file will
create fill patterns without visible boxes.

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v’
0.6 520 535 550 560
510 570 580 590
600 610 620
500 640 700
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495

490
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NTSC sRGB
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480

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0.2 CIE
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0.1 460
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7. CIELab Gamut Volume for sRGB

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8. CIELab Wireframes for CIE-RGB / NTSC / sRGB

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9. CIELab Wireframe for sRGB / Linear and Standard
The upper image shows the gamut volume for sRGB without the non-
linearities in CIELab.
The lower image shows the gamut volume for sRGB as usual.

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10. Files

2. Color-Matching Function RGB

http://www.fho-emden.de/~hoffmann/matchrgb.txt

3. Color-Matching Function XYZ

http://www.fho-emden.de/~hoffmann/matchxyz.txt

4. Chromaticity Diagram with Color Temperatures

http://www.fho-emden.de/~hoffmann/ciesuper.txt

5. Chromaticity Diagram with Gamut Triangles

http://www.fho-emden.de/~hoffmann/ciegamut.txt

6. Chromaticity Diagram Lu’v’

http://www.fho-emden.de/~hoffmann/cieuv.txt

7. CIELab Gamut Volume for sRGB

http://www.fho-emden.de/~hoffmann/labbody.txt

8. CIELab Wireframe for CIE-RGB / NTSC / RGB

http://www.fho-emden.de/~hoffmann/labwire.txt

9. CIELab Wireframe for sRGB / Linear and Standard

http://www.fho-emden.de/~hoffmann/labwirelin.tx

Gernot Hoffmann
May 18 / 2004
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