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Reviews on Observer Metamerism and Individual Color Vision Variability

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Significant color discrimination exists among color deficiency observers, while the color vision variability was used to being neglected among ordinary individuals. The standard observer is widely used in the traditional colorimetry for convenience with the observer metamerism phenomenon ignored. While with the contribution of physiology, psychophysics, color science and other areas, the study of color vision variability in individual observers goes further. This paper reviews on the past research works about observer metamerism and individual color vision variability according to its physiological influence factors, significance and quantification.

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Thanks for the laboratory innovation funds of Tianjin University of Science and Technology, No. 1706A201.

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    Qianwen Chen, Lu Feng, Yalin Li & Shengyan Cai

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Chen, Q., Feng, L., Li, Y., Cai, S. (2019). Reviews on Observer Metamerism and Individual Color Vision Variability. In: Zhao, P., Ouyang, Y., Xu, M., Yang, L., Ren, Y. (eds) Advances in Graphic Communication, Printing and Packaging. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 543. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3663-8_4

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