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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris, France

    Georges Roque

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Modern, Optical Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

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  3. Graduate Institute of Colour and Illumination, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Ming Ronnier Luo

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Roque, G. (2016). Chevreul, Michel-Eugène. In: Luo, M.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8071-7_245

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