Awesome Colour

A curated list of awesome colour science resources.

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Contents

• Awesome Colour
  • Contents
  • Applications
  • Libraries
    • .NET
    • C/C++
    • CTL
    • Go
    • Haskell
    • Javascript
    • Julia
    • Matlab and Octave
    • Python
  • Colorimetry and Vision
    • Websites and Articles
    • Videos
    • Publications
    • Datasets and Resources
    • Books
  • Imaging and Digital Imaging
    • Websites and Articles
    • Videos
    • Publications
    • Datasets and Resources
    • Books
  • License

Applications

• CIE Color Calculator - Online conversion between most of the CIE color models.
• LUTCalc - Online and desktop application for generating, analysing and previewing 1D and 3D Lookup Tables (LUTs) for video cameras.
• OpenColorIO - Complete colour management solution geared towards motion picture production.
• pfstools - Command line tools for manipulating HDR images and video in a variety of formats.
• RGB Colourspace Models Transformations Matrices - Computes the colour transformation matrix between RGB colourspaces.

Libraries

.NET

• Colourful - Open source .NET library for working with colourspaces.

C/C++

• OpenCV - Computer vision and machine learning software library.
• Piccante - HDR imaging library.

CTL

• Academy ACES - Developer Resources - ACES reference implementation.

Go

• go-colorful - A library for playing with colours in Go.

Haskell

• Color - Extensive collection of color spaces and color models.

Javascript

• Chromatism - Simple set of utility functions for colours.
• Color-space - Math and data behind colourspaces and colour conversions.

Julia

• Colors.jl - Colour manipulation utilities for Julia.

Matlab and Octave

• Colorlab - Colour computation and visualization toolbox.
• HDR_Toolbox - Toolbox for processing HDR images.
• Munsell and Kubelka-Munk Toolbox - Computations involving the Munsell colour system and the Kubelka-Munk mixture model.
• Psychtoolbox - Functions for vision and neuroscience research.

Python

• Colorspacious - Easy to use library for performing colourspace conversions.
• Colour - Package providing a comprehensive number of algorithms and datasets for colour science.
• python-colormath - Abstracts common colour math operations.

Colorimetry and Vision

Websites and Articles

• Akiyoshi's Illusion Pages - Optical illusions.
• Awesome Computer Vision - Curated list of awesome computer vision resources.
• Bruce Lindbloom - Online resource for colour conversion mathematics.
• CIE Termlist - Over 1400 definitions of colour science terms.
• Color: From Hexcodes to Eyeballs - Article on how colour get from code values to your eyes.
• Color FAQ - Clarifies aspects of colour specification and image coding.
• Color Usage Research Lab - Colour usage in information display graphics.
• Color Vision - Thorough page on colour vision.
• Colourware - Blog on colour science, theory and psychology.
• John the Math Guy - Blog on applied math, computation, color science, printing and history of science.
• Light and Shadows - Interactive light interaction visualisations.
• Spectroscopy, CCD and Astronomy - Website dedicated to the use of electronic detectors in the field of astronomy and spectroscopy.
• The Dimensions of Colour - Modern colour theory for traditional and digital painting media.
• Why is Color - Exploration of the mysteries of color.

Videos

• Geometry Optics - Khan Academy lessons on Geometry Optics.
• Pixar in a Box - Color Science - Khan Academy lessons by Pixar about the physics of light.
• Sensory Reception - Playlist on Human Sensory System (visual and audio).

Publications

• BBC Research & Development - BBC publications for broadcast television.
• CIE 15: Technical Report: Colorimetry, 3rd edition - Recommendations of the CIE concerning basic colorimetry.
• Encoding High Dynamic Range and Wide Color Gamut Imagery - Thesis about computational models and methods for encoding HDR and WCG video imagery.

Datasets and Resources

• Capbone - Spectral reflectance database from hyperspectral images.
• CVRL - Colour & Vision Research laboratory and database.
• Color-data - Collected experimental colour data.
• Colour - Datasets - Colour science datasets for use with Colour.
• Rochester Institute of Technology - Colour Data - R.I.T. colour science dataset.

Books

• Color Appearance Models
• Color Gamut Mapping
• Color Science: Concepts and Methods, Quantitative Data and Formulae, 2nd Edition
• Colour: Sense & Measurement
• Computational Colour Science using MATLAB
• Vision Science - Photons to Phenomenology

Imaging and Digital Imaging

Websites and Articles

• Academy ACES - Industry standard for managing colour throughout the life cycle of a motion picture or television production.
• Basic Photographic Sensitometry Workbook - An Eastman Kodak's workbook on photographic sensitometry.
• Chromatic Aberration Simulator - A web-based online axial and transverse chromatic aberration simulator.
• Cinematic Color - Motion picture colour management.
• Digital Camera Reviews and Sensor Performance Summary - Digital camera sensor electronics and concepts.
• Gamma FAQ - Frequently asked questions about gamma correction.
• How to Measure - Series of direct links to blog posts on how to measure sensor parameters.
• Image Dynamic Range - Dynamic range in games.
• Importance of Terminology and sRGB Uncertainty - Disambiguation article with emphasis on colour science terminology.
• Optics Primer - A primer to introduce optical principals to photographers.
• Photons to Photos - Camera sensor data.
• SMPTE Metadata Registers - Registers of metadata items identified by SMPTE Universal Labels.
• Subpixel Zoo - A Catalog of Subpixel Geometry - A comprehensive gallery of various display subpixels.
• The Pumpkin - Optics - Optics, digital photography and imaging articles by Doug A. Kerr.

Videos

• Display Optics 101 - 3M course on LCD technology.

Publications

• An Artist-Friendly Workflow for Panoramic HDRI - Artist friendly capture and usage of HDR images for Image Based Lighting.
• FilmLight - Standard Colour Spaces - Colour spaces concepts and applications in imaging.
• HDR image reconstruction from a single exposure using deep CNNs - HDR images reconstructing from low dynamic range (LDR) input images.
• Learning to See in the Dark - Low light images enhancement with CNN.
• Perceptual uniformity in digital image representation and display - Clarifications on some widely misunderstood aspects of image coding.
• Standard for Characterization of Image Sensors and Cameras - Monochrome and color digital cameras characterization.
• Understanding Image Sharpness - Article about the Modulation Transfer Function (MTF).
• YUV and luminance considered harmful - A plea for precise terminology in video.

Datasets and Resources

• CineD Databases - Database of lens coverage, cameras and lenses.
• HDR Photographic Survey - Database of HDR photographs accompanied by detailed colorimetric/luminance measurements.
• Physically Based - A collection of physically based values.

Books

• Advanced High Dynamic Range Imaging: Theory and Practice
• Digital Color Management: Encoding Solutions, 2nd Edition
• Digital Video and HD (Second Edition)
• The Reproduction of Colour

License

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