Encyclopedia of Imaging Science and Technology

2002 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Science And Technology ◽  
Imaging Science

scholarly journals What is the “opposite” of “blue”? The language of colour wheels

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Dodgson
Keyword(s):  
Science And Technology ◽  
Color Theory ◽  
Color Wheel ◽  
Color System ◽  
Strongly Connected ◽  
Opponent Color ◽  
Imaging Science ◽  
Basic Color ◽  
Different Color

© Society for Imaging Science and Technology 2019 A color wheel is a tool for ordering and understanding hue. Different color wheels differ in the spacing of the colors around the wheel. The opponent-color theory, Munsell's color system, the standard printer's primaries, the artist's primaries, and Newton's rainbow all present different variations of the color wheel. I show that some of this variation is owing to imprecise use of language, based on Berlin and Kay's theory of basic color names. I also show that the artist's color wheel is an outlier that does not match well to the technical color wheels because its principal colors are so strongly connected to the basic color names.

scholarly journals MIST Final Report: Multi-sensor Imaging Science and Technology

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael A. Lind ◽  
Patricia A. Medvick ◽  
Michael G. Foley ◽  
Harlan P. Foote ◽  
Patrick G. Heasler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Science And Technology ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Imaging Science

scholarly journals What is the “opposite” of “blue”? The language of colour wheels

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Dodgson
Keyword(s):  
Science And Technology ◽  
Color Theory ◽  
Color Wheel ◽  
Color System ◽  
Strongly Connected ◽  
Opponent Color ◽  
Imaging Science ◽  
Basic Color ◽  
Different Color

© Society for Imaging Science and Technology 2019 A color wheel is a tool for ordering and understanding hue. Different color wheels differ in the spacing of the colors around the wheel. The opponent-color theory, Munsell's color system, the standard printer's primaries, the artist's primaries, and Newton's rainbow all present different variations of the color wheel. I show that some of this variation is owing to imprecise use of language, based on Berlin and Kay's theory of basic color names. I also show that the artist's color wheel is an outlier that does not match well to the technical color wheels because its principal colors are so strongly connected to the basic color names.

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