Measurement of light and colour sensations : a new method of investigating the phenomena of light and colour by means of the selective absorption in coloured glass, graded into scales of equivalent colour value
Lovibond, Joseph W. (Joseph Williams), 1835-1918, George Gill and Sons, publisher · London : George Gill and Sons, Minerva House, Warwick Lane, E.C. · leaf 78
47 EEPEESENTATION OF COLOUES. REPRESENTATION OP COLOURS IN SPACE OP THREE DIMENSIONS. As Suggested by Dr. Munro. The relations of the different colours to one another and to neutral tint are, perhaps, best represented to the mind by-a solid model, or by reference to three co-ordinate axes, as… … Fig. 5. Let the three adjacent edges, oe,ob, o y, of the above cube be three axes, along which are measured degrees of red, yellow, and blue, respectively, starting from the origin o. Every point in space on the positive side of this origin will then represent a conceivable colour, the constituents…
Color · Light · Optics
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