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Table 6.3: Color c<strong>on</strong>versi<strong>on</strong>s of Lapis Lazuli in Gouache over <strong>time</strong>. ∆E<br />

is the distance from the previous to current L ∗ a ∗ b ∗ color.<br />

X Y Z H V C L ∗ a ∗ b ∗ ∆E<br />

wet 8.42 8.63 23.53 3.13PB 3.43 6.56 35.27 2.10 -32.21<br />

1day 9.03 9.46 26.48 2.43PB 3.58 7.13 36.85 0.53 -34.33 3.08<br />

1 week 13.23 14.28 36.17 1.61PB 4.33 7.52 44.63 -1.96 -34.66 8.18<br />

1m<strong>on</strong>th 14.78 16.00 38.51 1.48PB 4.55 7.30 46.97 -2.34 -33.55 2.62<br />

3m<strong>on</strong>ths 14.86 16.11 39.23 1.46PB 4.57 7.46 47.11 -2.48 -34.20 0.68<br />

6m<strong>on</strong>ths 14.67 16.03 38.84 1.16PB 4.56 7.41 47.01 -3.20 -33.88 0.30<br />

wavelengths, an equal additi<strong>on</strong>al amount of every wavelength is the perceptual<br />

equivalent of the color shifting closer to white. Similarly, if the overall reflectance<br />

curve shift is downwards, the material is perceived as getting darker. In both<br />

instances, this is not exactly the case, since the spectra must be integrated against<br />

the eye’s resp<strong>on</strong>se matching functi<strong>on</strong>s (which are wavelength-dependent). Hence,<br />

luminance changes are wavelength-dependent to some extent.<br />

In Figure 6.4, the spectral curves of Lapis lazuli in Gouache are increasing<br />

substantially over <strong>time</strong>. This is occurring at relatively a uniform rate <strong>and</strong> <strong>on</strong>e is<br />

safe to presume that the overall luminance is increasing (the corresp<strong>on</strong>ding images<br />

also support this behavior). In the same manner in the previous secti<strong>on</strong>, the<br />

spectral reflectance data has been c<strong>on</strong>verted into the various color systems to aide<br />

in further analysis. Viewing any of the luminance indicators (Y , V ,orL ∗ )also<br />

supports the behavior that was observed–all of these indicators increase with <strong>time</strong>.<br />

However, the spectral reflectance curves are not changing entirely uniformly<br />

with this material. Reexamining the diffuse reflectance at the six <strong>time</strong> intervals,<br />

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it is evident that the reflectance values of the lower <strong>and</strong> higher regi<strong>on</strong>s of the

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