Color science is the scientific study of color including lighting and optics; measurement of light and color; the physiology,

psychophysics Psychophysics quantitatively investigates the relationship between physical stimuli and the sensations and perceptions they produce. Psychophysics has been described as "the scientific study of the relation between stimulus and sensation" or, m ...

, and modeling of

color vision Color vision, a feature of visual perception, is an ability to perceive differences between light composed of different wavelengths (i.e., different spectral power distributions) independently of light intensity. Color perception is a part of ...

; and color reproduction.

History

Organizations

* International Commission on Illumination (CIE) * Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) *

Inter-Society Color Council The Inter-Society Color Council (ISCC) is a non-profit learned society which was created in 1931 to advance the understanding and application of visual color as it relates to science, industry, and art. The Council also serves to coordinate between ...

(ISCC) * Society for Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T) * International Colour Association (AIC) * Optica, formerly the Optical Society of America (OSA) * The Colour Group * Society of Dyers and Colourists (SDC) * American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) * Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) * ACM SIGGRAPH *

Vision Sciences Society Vision, Visions, or The Vision may refer to: Perception Optical perception * Visual perception, the sense of sight * Visual system, the physical mechanism of eyesight * Computer vision, a field dealing with how computers can be made to gain und ...

(VSS) *

Council for Optical Radiation Measurements A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county/shire level, but most legislative bodies at the state/provincial or natio ...

(CORM)

Journals

The preeminent

scholarly journal An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and d ...

publishing research papers in color science is ''

Color Research and Application Color (American English) or colour (British English) is the visual perceptual property deriving from the spectrum of light interacting with the photoreceptor cells of the eyes. Color categories and physical specifications of color are associa ...

'', started in 1975 by founding editor-in-chief

Fred Billmeyer Fred may refer to: People * Fred (name), including a list of people and characters with the name Mononym * Fred (cartoonist) (1931–2013), pen name of Fred Othon Aristidès, French * Fred (footballer, born 1949) (1949–2022), Frederico Rodr ...

, along with

Gunter Wyszecki Gunter or Günter may refer to: * Gunter rig, a type of rig used in sailing, especially in small boats * Gunter Annex, Alabama, a United States Air Force installation * Gunter, Texas, city in the United States People Surname * Chris Gunter ( ...

, Michael Pointer and

Rolf Kuehni Rolf is a male given name and a surname. It originates in the Germanic name ''Hrolf'', itself a contraction of ''Hrodwulf'' ( Rudolf), a conjunction of the stem words ''hrod'' ("renown") + ''wulf'' ("wolf"). The Old Norse cognate is ''Hrólfr''. A ...

, as a successor to the ''

Journal of Colour A journal, from the Old French ''journal'' (meaning "daily"), may refer to: *Bullet journal, a method of personal organization *Diary, a record of what happened over the course of a day or other period *Daybook, also known as a general journal, a ...

'' (1964–1974). Previously most color science work had been split between journals with broader or partially overlapping focus such as the '' Journal of the Optical Society of America'' (JOSA), ''

Photographic Science and Engineering Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employed i ...

'' (1957–1984), and the ''Journal of the Society of Dyers and Colourists'' (renamed ''

Coloration Technology The Society of Dyers and Colourists (SDC) is an international professional society, with headquarters in Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK, specializing in colour in all its manifestations. Founded in 1884, it was granted a Royal Charter of Incorporation ...

'' in 2001). Other journals where color science papers are published include the '' Journal of Imaging Science & Technology'', the ''

Journal of Perceptual Imaging A journal, from the Old French ''journal'' (meaning "daily"), may refer to: *Bullet journal, a method of personal organization *Diary, a record of what happened over the course of a day or other period *Daybook, also known as a general journal, a ...

'', the '' Journal of the International Colour Association'' (JAIC), the ''

Journal of the Color Science Association of Japan A journal, from the Old French ''journal'' (meaning "daily"), may refer to: *Bullet journal, a method of personal organization *Diary, a record of what happened over the course of a day or other period *Daybook, also known as a general journal, a ...

'', '' Applied Optics'', and the '' Journal of Vision''.

Conferences

Congress of the International Color Association A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of ...

* IS&T

Color and Imaging Conference Color (American English) or colour (British English) is the visual perceptual property deriving from the spectrum of light interacting with the photoreceptor cells of the eyes. Color categories and physical specifications of color are associa ...

(CIC) *

SIGGRAPH SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques) is an annual conference on computer graphics (CG) organized by the ACM SIGGRAPH, starting in 1974. The main conference is held in North America; SIGGRAPH Asia ...

International Symposium for Color Science and Art International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations". International may also refer to: Music Albums * International (Kevin Michael album), ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * International (New Order album), ' ...

Selected books

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3rd ed. (2000)
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2nd ed. (2005)
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1st ed. (1997)
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