Delta, the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet and symbolized as a triangle, is used in science to indicate difference. Colors in the L*a*b* color space can exist outside the RGB gamut (the valid set of RGB colors). Figure 4.7 Lab Colour Space. Defined by the Commission Internationale de l’Eclairage (CIE), the L*a*b* color space was modeled after a color-opponent theory stating that two colors cannot be red and green at the same time or yellow and blue at the same time. Delta E is the difference between two colours designated as two points in the Lab colour space. Identifying Color Differences Using CIE L*a*b* Coordinates. RGB values may be in the range from 0 to 255, or from 0 to 1. If you have skin color, then you have a boomerang shaped gamut and no simple thresholding in any color space will get it. YIQ Color Space 17 R´ = Y + 1.140V G´ = Y – 0.395U – 0.581V B´ = Y + 2.032U For digital R´G´B´ values with a range of 0– 255, Y has a range of 0–255, U a range of 0 to A matrix RGB color space is defined in terms of the location of its RGB primaries in the XYZ reference color space, which in turn determines its respective size (volume) and shape in the LAB reference color space. Often the gamut will be represented in only two A colour gamut is the area enclosed by a colour space in three dimensions. The L*a*b* color space provides a more perceptually uniform color space than the XYZ model. Output from Lab2RGB is always between 0 and 1. A good color space is the space I need for my photo ! If, on the other hand, I like "normal" colours, not especially saturated, the sRGB or REC 709 will do very well ! Delta E is the difference between two colours designated as two points in the Lab colour space. A color space can be described as a method for expressing the color of an object using some kind of notation, such as numbers. Color management systems use Lab as a color reference to predictably transform a color from one color space to another color space. CIELAB values range as follows: L lies between 0 and 100, and a and b lie between -110 and 110. As a comparison, the Adobe Wide Gamut RGB color space encompasses 77.6% of the visible colors specified by the Lab color space, whilst the standard Adobe RGB color space covers just 50.6%. Delta, the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet and symbolized as a triangle, is used in science to indicate difference. If I photograph, film or work with very saturated colours, for example with the HDR technique, I need so-called wide gamut spaces (larger than the sRGB like the ProPhoto). The Wide Gamut color space is an expanded version of the Adobe RGB color space, developed in 1998. 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