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A formal system of human color perception is described which is called basic colorimetry. Colors may be compared in four ways, and basic colorimetry uses just one of these: color matching. Basic colorimetry forms a coherent system which follows Grassmann’s laws, and this system constitutes a color manifold. The properties of the system are developed in a rigorous way. The color manifold provides a model for affine vector geometry. Properties which are not affine-invariant do not belong to the three-dimensional color space of basic colorimetry. This geometric notion of colorimetry is elaborated in two subsequent chapters.
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Niall, K.K. (2017). Outlines of a Theory of Photopic Colorimetry (Part I): Basic Colorimetry, or Affine Color Properties (First Article). In: Niall, K. (eds) Erwin Schrödinger's Color Theory. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64621-3_2
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