Individual Colorimetric Observer Model

PLoS One. 2016 Feb 10;11(2):e0145671. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145671. eCollection 2016.

Abstract

This study proposes a vision model for individual colorimetric observers. The proposed model can be beneficial in many color-critical applications such as color grading and soft proofing to assess ranges of color matches instead of a single average match. We extended the CIE 2006 physiological observer by adding eight additional physiological parameters to model individual color-normal observers. These eight parameters control lens pigment density, macular pigment density, optical densities of L-, M-, and S-cone photopigments, and λmax shifts of L-, M-, and S-cone photopigments. By identifying the variability of each physiological parameter, the model can simulate color matching functions among color-normal populations using Monte Carlo simulation. The variabilities of the eight parameters were identified through two steps. In the first step, extensive reviews of past studies were performed for each of the eight physiological parameters. In the second step, the obtained variabilities were scaled to fit a color matching dataset. The model was validated using three different datasets: traditional color matching, applied color matching, and Rayleigh matches.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Child
  • Color Vision*
  • Colorimetry
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Models, Biological*
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Young Adult

Grants and funding

The funder (Technicolor) provided support in the form of salaries for an author (YA), but did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. The specific roles of this author are articulated in the “author contributions” section. Also, the author Yuta Asano is affiliated with a company “Motorola Mobility”.