Color Measurement in deep

- You have 7 must know things -

Tomo IRINO @ R/V Kairei
September 18, 2007
Specular component = direct reflection from sample surface
Cross section of sensor
- Principle of spectrum measurement by CM-2002 -
Surface condition is not controllable in many case.
We prefer specular component excluded (SCE).
Appropriate set of
white calibration board and memory card
0
5
10
15
60
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
100
400 450 500 550 600 650 700
White calibration board
PC-03 Sec16 15cm
PC-03 Sec14 93cm
R
e
f
l
e
c
t
a
n
c
e
%
Wave Length (nm)
Spectrum of visible light
Zero calibration
White calibration
Bias from Transparent Film
I
observe
= R
w
+ T
w
2

1 R
w
( )
R
sample
1 R
w
1 R
w
( )
R
sample

(
(
I
0
R
sample
=
1
1 R
w

R
observe
R
w
R
w
R
observe
+ T
w
2
R
w
2
I
observe
= R
observe
I
0
True reflectance of sample surface is (for each wave length):
30
40
50
60
70
80
400 450 500 550 600 650 700

(nm)
Effect of Transparent film
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4

91
92
93
94
95
96
400 450 500 550 600 650 700

(nm)
Data card
Data card can store 1000 of values
If you measure 1001st sample,
1st value is lost
and
all data are re-numbered.
Value
BG
R
Y
G
B
P
RP
YR
GY
PB
Chroma
N
Munsell system
7.5Y 3/2
Hue
Value
Chroma
Olive black
Black and white:
N value/0
Hue
3-dimensinal
Qualitative
Color expression
System
8
9
10
11
12
13
400 450 500 550 600 650 700
PC-03 Sec16 15cm
sensitivity of eye sensor for red
sensitivity of eye sensor for green
sensitivity of eye sensor for blue
R
e
f
l
e
c
t
a
n
c
e
%
Wave Length (nm)
8
9
10
11
12
13
400 450 500 550 600 650 700
0
0.02
0.04
0.06
0.08
0.1
0.12
0.14
R
e
f
l
e
c
t
a
n
c
e
%
Wave Length (nm)
X
Y
Z
X = K S()x()R()

Y = K S()y()R()

Z = K S()z ()R()

K =
100
S()y()

L* = 116y 16
a* = 500(x y)
b* = 200(y z)

x =
X
X
n
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|
1
3
,
X
X
n
> 0.008856
|
\

|
.
|
7.787
X
X
n
|
\

|
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|
+
16
116
,
X
X
n
s 0.008856
|
\

|
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|

, y =
Y
Y
n
|
\

|
.
|
1
3
,
Y
Y
n
> 0.008856
|
\

|
.
|
7.787
Y
Y
n
|
\

|
.
|
+
16
116
,
Y
Y
n
s 0.008856
|
\

|
.
|

, z =
Z
Z
n
|
\

|
.
|
1
3
,
Z
Z
n
> 0.008856
|
\

|
.
|
7.787
Z
Z
n
|
\

|
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|
+
16
116
,
Z
Z
n
s 0.008856
|
\

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|

Light
To brain
How we feel color?
Brightness
Red (+) Green (-)
Yellow (+) Blue (-)
L*
L*-a*-b* system
b*
a*
C*
H
C* : metric chroma
H: metric hue
a*
b*
L*
3-dimensinal
Quantitative
Color expression
System
L*-C*-Hsystem
C* = a* ( )
2
+ b* ( )
2
H = tan
1
b*
a*
|
\

|
.
|
, (0 s H<360)

Light source: C (day-light from north-faced window)

or
D65 (day-light with 6500K)
View area (angle): 2 or 10

Specular component: excluded (SCE) or included (SCI)
Feeling of color is controlled by:
L*-a*-b* is calculated
from reflectance spectrum
on C, 2and SCE
In our cruise,
Check Points
Specular Component (SCE)
Serial number of white calibration board
and memory card
Zero / White Calibration (Dont forget!)
Transparent film you use
Dont go beyond 1000 samples!
Light Source (C? D65?)
View area (2? 10?)
Before Measurement:
During Measurement:
After Measurement: