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Exhibiting artwork: Consider the illuminating source
Author(s) -
Berns Roy S.,
Grum Franc
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
color research and application
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.393
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1520-6378
pISSN - 0361-2317
DOI - 10.1002/col.5080120204
Subject(s) - chromatic adaptation , painting , adaptation (eye) , chromatic scale , art , color constancy , computer science , light source , visual arts , computer vision , artificial intelligence , computer graphics (images) , optics , physics , image (mathematics)
This article describes the steps that should be considered for the proper illumination of artwork. In particular, our intent is to show how a different illuminating environment from one intended by the artist affects the color appearance of exhibited paintings. Using five different illuminants and several illumination levels, it is shown for eight artists' pigments that large color‐appearance differences occur. This is true even after the effects of chromatic adaptation are taken into account.