function CIEcoords = ReflectancesToCIEwithWhiteY100(Wavelengths, ReflectanceSpectra, IllumObs) % Purpose Given the reflectance spectrum of an object colour, calculate the % CIE coordinates of the visual stimulus for an input illuminant and % observer. Normalize the calculations so that the Y value of the white % point would be 100 for that illuminant and observer. % % Description In 1931, the Commission Internationale de l Eclairage (CIE) introduced % standards for specifying colours. The standard involves integrating a colour % stimulus (given as a spectral power distribution (SPD) over the visible % spectrum) against three fundamental functions. The three outputs are % denoted X, Y, and Z. Two standard observers have been defined, the first one % in 1931 (the 2 degree observer) and the second one in 1964 (the 10 degree % observer). Each observer has a different set of fundamentals. In addition % to XYZ coordinates, there are also xyY coordinates; one can move freely % between the two types. % % A colour stimulus (for a surface colour) occurs when light (with a certain % SPD over the visible spectrum) strikes a surface. The surface reflects the % light in accordance with a reflectance spectrum. The reflectance spectrum % is a function over the visible spectrum. At each wavelength in the visible % spectrum, the reflectance function specifies the percentage of light of that % wavelength that the surface colour reflects. The colour stimulus that % reaches the observer s eye is the product of the incoming SPD and the % reflectance spectrum. In this % routine, the input variable Wavelengths gives a set of wavelengths % (in nm), and the input variable ReflectanceSpectra gives the fraction % of light reflected, as a value between 0 and 1, for each wavelength. % ReflectanceSpectra can actually % be a matrix, each row of which gives a reflectance spectrum for a different % surface colour. % % An illuminant is a function (over the visible spectrum) that describes the % SPD of the light that reaches a surface colour (or that reaches an % observer s eye directly). An illuminant is a mathematical description, and % should be distinguished from a light source, which is a physical object % that produces light. A multitude of standard illuminants have been % defined, including Illuminant A, Illuminant C, a series of Illuminant D s % (that model light produced by blackbody radiation), and a series of % Illuminant F s (that model light produced by fluorescent sources). % % Rather than defining an SPD in absolute terms, an illuminant only defines % an SPD in relative terms. The illuminant gives the relative power for % each wavelength in the visible spectrum. The light produced by a dimmable % bulb would have the same relative SPD, and therefore be described by the % same illuminant, even if the bulb s power output varied by orders of % magnitude. % % A white surface is defined as a surface that diffusely reflects 100 percent % of the light at any wavelength in the visible spectrum. (Diffuse % reflectance means that the reflected light satisfies Lambert s law, causing % the surface colour to appear identical, no matter what direction the surface is % viewed from. Diffuse reflectance should be distinguished from specular % reflection, which occurs with mirrors, in which the reflected light is % stronger in some directions than in others.) % The white point for a given illuminant and observer is the colour perceived % by the observer when light of that illuminant is diffusely reflected off % a white surface. The white point is given by the three CIE values: X, Y, % and Z. % % There is some ambiguity in the above definition of colour, however, because an illuminant % only defines a relative SPD, rather than an absolute SPD. If the light % source doubled its output, then the calculated X, Y, and Z would double % in value. Humans typically adapt to the ambient illumination level, and % automatically judge surface colours in terms of that level. As a result, surface colours % show constancy, in that they do not change visually when the light level % changes (within some bounds). % % In order to compare the colour of a non-white surface with a white surface, % some normalization factor is necessary. A simple normalization is to % multiply the relative illuminant SPD by some factor, such that the % Y value for a white surface will take on a constant value, such as 100. % This routine calculates the CIE coordinates for a surface colour described % by an input reflectance spectrum, for an input combination of % illuminant and observer, such that the white point s Y value is in fact % 100. % % This normalization is tricky, because it is often left implicit, especially % in computer code. A computer program might calculate XYZ with respect to % an input illuminant and observer, but the brightness of that XYZ colour % cannot be calculated unless the normalizing factor or white point is % known. An additional complication is that different programs might use % different normalizations. The Computational Colour Toolbox, for example, % scales XYZ computations such that the Y value of the white point is 100; % this scaling is performed in line 85 of the routine r2xyz.m. Other % routines, then, such as xyz2lab.m, give white points whose Y values are % always 100. While this treatment is consistent, a user cannot necessarily % use the Toolbox s CIE coordinates in other programs. The program OptProp, % on the other hand, seems to scale all illuminants so that the white % point s Y value is 1, rather than 100. While both these programs are % internally consistent, a developer who uses their outputs must examine % or test their code to see what convention is being used. The Munsell % and Kubelka-Munk Toolbox uses 100, and the current routine highlights that % fact in its long name. % % The reflectance spectrum of a surface colour gives the percentage of % light reflected by that surface colour, at each wavelength. In this % routine, the input variable Wavelengths gives a set of wavelengths % (in nm), and the input variable ReflectanceSpectra gives the percentage % of light reflected, for each wavelength. ReflectanceSpectra can actually % be a matrix, each row of which gives a reflectance spectrum for a different % surface colour. % % Syntax CIEcoords = ReflectancesToCIEwithWhiteY100(Wavelengths, ReflectanceSpectra, IllumObs) % % Wavelengths A row vector whose entries are the wavelengths for the reflectance % spectra. The wavelengths must be evenly spaced % % ReflectanceSpectra A matrix, whose rows are the reflectances (expressed as values % between 0 and 1) for various reflectance spectra at the wavelengths % listed in the first input % % IllumObs An illuminant/observer string, such as 'D50/2' or 'F12_64.' The % first part is a standard illuminant designation. The symbol in the % middle can be either a forward slash or an underscore. The number at % the end is either 2, 10, 31, or 64. 2 and 31 both correspond to the % standard 1931 2 degree observer, while 10 and 64 both correspond to % the standard 1964 10 degree observer. If no observer is indicated, then % the 1931 observer is assumed. % % CIEcoords An output matrix, each of whose rows gives [X Y Z x y Y] coordinates % for the input reflectance spectra, under Illuminant C % %% Author Paul Centore (January 1, 2014) % % Copyright 2014 Paul Centore % % This file is part of MunsellAndKubelkaMunkToolbox. % % MunsellAndKubelkaMunkToolbox is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify % it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by % the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or % (at your option) any later version. % % MunsellAndKubelkaMunkToolbox is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, % but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of % MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the % GNU General Public License for more details. % % You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License % along with MunsellAndKubelkaMunkToolbox. If not, see . % Check to make sure all reflectances are between 0 and 1 if max(max(ReflectanceSpectra)) > 1.0 || min(min(ReflectanceSpectra)) < 0.0 disp(['Error: Reflectances must be between 0 and 1.']) return end % Find the un-normalized CIE XYZ values XYZ = roo2xyz(ReflectanceSpectra, IllumObs, Wavelengths) ; % Find the un-normalized white point, which should be compatible with the % un-normalized CIE XYZ values UnNormalizedWhitePointXYZ = roo2xyz(ones(size(Wavelengths)), IllumObs, Wavelengths) ; % Initialize output matrix NumOfSpectra = size(ReflectanceSpectra, 1) ; CIEcoords = -99 *ones(NumOfSpectra, 6) ; % Assign the output matrix, row by row for ctr = 1:NumOfSpectra % Normalize the CIE XYZ values XYZ(ctr,:) = (100/UnNormalizedWhitePointXYZ(2)) * XYZ(ctr,:); % Calculate xyY coordinates from XYZ coordinates [x, y, Y] = XYZ2xyY(XYZ(ctr,1), XYZ(ctr,2), XYZ(ctr,3)) ; % Assign both kinds of coordinates to output matrix CIEcoords(ctr,:) = [XYZ(ctr,:), x, y, Y] ; end