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Introduction to Color - Brown University

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CS123 | INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER GRAPHICS<br />

Why Study <strong>Color</strong> in Computer Graphics?<br />

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Measurement for realism - what does coding an RGB triple mean?<br />

Aesthetics for selecting appropriate user interface colors<br />

how <strong>to</strong> put on matching pants and shirt in the morning<br />

what are the perceptual/physical forces driving one’s “taste” in color?<br />

Understanding color models for providing users with easy color<br />

selection<br />

systems for naming and describing colors<br />

<strong>Color</strong> models, measurement and color gamuts for converting colors<br />

between media<br />

why colors on your screen may not be printable, and vice-versa<br />

managing color in systems that interface computers, screens, scanners,<br />

and printers <strong>to</strong>gether<br />

Useful background for physically-based rendering and shares ideas<br />

with signal processing – pho<strong>to</strong>recep<strong>to</strong>rs process signals<br />

Graphics group has worked on color <strong>to</strong>ols for Adobe<br />

Andries van Dam <strong>Color</strong> 5/57

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