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COULEUR OPTIMALE [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
CONT

If we consider ... all different luminance factor curves leading to point k in combination with illuminant B, we see that the colours produced can only differ in luminance. We can now ask which of all these curves produces the colour showing the greatest luminance. We say that the surface having this property possesses an optimal colour.

Key term(s)
  • optimal color

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
OBS

couleur de luminance lumineuse maximale; couleur optimale : termes normalisés par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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