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Three different techniques for the direct measurement of color appearance were studied. Color estimation proved superior both to color naming and to color setting. The results have defined one technique in generating a color metric.
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Portions of this paper appear in the Proceedings of Color 69 Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden, 1969.
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Siegel, M.H., Siegel, A.B. A comparison of techniques for measuring hue appearance. Behav. Res. Meth. & Instru. 3, 1–4 (1971). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03208110
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03208110