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Colour figures for colour education used in three books of
K. Richter, and DIN- and ISO/IEC-Standards.
All colour figures are in the folders MEXX
(colour series M, E=English, XX=00 to 99).
The colours in the following files are defined by the free choise
of the four standard PostScript (PS) operators:
rgb setrgbcolor, cmyk setcmwkcolor, w setgray, 000k setcmykcolor
Folder and title
Colour output with rgb-data for displays
ME00 to ME01, Colour graphics no. 1 and 2.
ME02 to ME06, Colour and colour vision no. 1 to 5.
ME07 to ME08, Colour values and colour measurement no. 1 and 2.
ME09 to ME14, Colour scaling and colour thresholds no. 1 to 6.
ME15 to ME18, Colour space and colour measurement no. 1 to 4.
ME19 to ME25, Colour order and colour reproduction no. 1 to 7.
ME26, Reproduction with printer technologies no. 1
ME27 to ME38, PostScript and CIE- colour spaces no. 1 to 12.
ME39 to ME46, Colorimetric tables and calculations no. 1 to 8.
ME47, Programming examples PostScript no. 1.
ME48 to ME49, Special colour series colour vision and colorimetry
Colour output with cmyk-data for offset print, and a laser printer
ME50 to ME51, Colour graphics no. 1 and 2.
ME52 to ME56, Colour and colour vision no. 1 to 5.
ME57 to ME58, Colour values and colour measurement no. 1 and 2.
ME59 to ME64, Colour scaling and colour thresholds no. 1 to 6.
ME65 to ME68, Colour space and colour measurement no. 1 to 4.
ME69 to ME75, Colour order and colour reproduction no. 1 to 7.
ME76, Reproduction with printer technologies no. 1
ME77 to ME88, PostScript and CIE- colour spaces no. 1 to 12.
ME89 to ME96, Colorimetric tables and calculations no. 1 to 8.
ME97, Programming examples PostScript no. 1.
ME98 to ME99, Special colour series colour vision and colorimetry
Many additional remarks and special examples.
The colours of the above files are defined by the free choise of the four standard PostSript (PS) operators:
rgb setrgbcolor, cmyk setcmwkcolor, w setgray, 000k setcmykcolor
Any file may use up to four different PS operators, see for example the file:
ME02L0N0.PDF
In addition some files are available in the languages German, Spanish, French, and Italian,
see for the rgb-data output
ME02
and for the cmyk-data output
ME52
There is software which produces for the corresponding colorimetric PS operators either equal or different output (often the
see for examples the achromatic and chromatic test files according to DIN 33872-2 and -4:
33872E.html
or see the standard file with 1078 colours which produces for the four PS operators on the pages 1 and 3 often different and
PE43L0NP.PDF
The most known software Adobe PDF-Reader produces at present with the default parameters different output. However for the ye
The output is equal, if the so called 1-Minus-Relation is used by the software (or the colour workflow).
For example for the new software
Adobe FrameMaker (Version 8, Windows, 2011) the output is equal for all files of this web page. The software
Adobe Reader (all versions, Windows and Mac) produces different output. On the operating system Unix the output is usually eq
The colorimetric difference in CIELAB increases up to delta E*=30 in the green and blue colour area. A visible color differer
The many possibilities of the colour output lead often to a color chaos in the output. The device-independent elementary hue output,
The colorimetric calculations within the files use the 1-Minus-Relation for the output of the pages 2 and 4 and produce either
the device dependent device hues RGBYd (page 2) or the device-independent elementary hues RYGBe (page 4)
according CIE R1-47 for the rgb-data (1,0,0), (1,1,0), (0,1,0), and (0,0,1).
The special file output of the pages 2 and 4 produces for the following three devices:
1. sRGB colour display only rgb-data,
2. standard offset on paper L only cmyk-data,
3. laser printer on paper APCO only cmyk-data.
The final rgb- or cmyk-data of the output are calculated by an additional PS-program code within the file for t
This PS-program code uses the colour measurement data of 729 (9x9x9) output colours, see the file output
PE43L0NP.PDF
One may study the spectral refection data of 729 colours within this file (1,2 MB, lines 3174 to 8644 for 5 papers and for the offse
PE43L0NP.TXT
For the three devices there are outputs with the properties:
1. Transfer to device hue (RGBd)
2. Transfer to the elementary hue (RGBe)
3. 3D-linearization to the device hue (RGBd*)
4. 3D-linearization to the elementary hue (RGBe*)
The star (*) indicates a thee-dimensional 3D-linearization in the CIELAB colour space L*a*b* for the CIE standard illuminant
1. Display output:
The original color data (pages 1 and 3),
are transfered to rgb-data for the device hue output (page 2), and for elementary hue output (page 4)
ME02L0NP.PDF
The follwowing file includes a 3D-linearization for the device hue output (page 2), and for the elementary hue ouput (page 4)
ME02L0FP.PDF
2. Standard offset output on paper L:
The original color data (pages 1 and 3),
are transfered to cmyk-data for the device hue output (page 2), and for the elementary hue output (page 4)
ME52L0NP.PDF
The follwowing file includes a 3D-linearization for the device hue output (page 2), and for the elementary hue ouput (page 4)
ME52L0FP.PDF
3. Laser printer output on paper APCO:
The original color data (pages 1 and 3),
are transfered to cmyk-data for the device hue output (page 2), and for the elementary hue output (page 4)
ME52L2NP.PDF
The follwowing file includes a 3D-linearization for the device hue output (page 2), and for the elementary hue output (page 4)
ME52L2FP.PDF
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Colour graphics no. 1 and 2.
Colour graphics no. 1
Colour graphics, colour evaluation and colour rendering
ME00
Example file (1 page, 7 images, 25 KB)
ME00/ME00L0NP.PDF
Colour graphics no. 2
Colour graphics, CIE tristimulues values, CIE chromaticity diagram
ME01
Example file (1 page, 15 images, 80 KB)
ME01/ME01L0NP.PDF
Colour and colour vision no. 1 to 5
Colour and colour vision no. 1
Colour order, elementary colours, hue circle, colour attributes
ME02
Example file (1 page, 16 images, 40 KB)
ME02/ME02L0NP.PDF
Colour and colour vision no. 2
Colour attributes, colour values, colourness, reflection factors
ME03
Example file (1 page, 16 images, 100 KB)
ME03/ME03L0NP.PDF
Colour and colour vision no. 3
Reflection factors, fluorescence, digital technology
ME04
Example file (1 page, 16 images, 90 KB)
ME04/ME04L0NP.PDF
Colour and colour vision no. 4
Additive and subtractive colour mixture, colour values in digital technology
ME05
Example file (1 page, 16 images, 70 KB)
ME05/ME05L0NP.PDF
Colour and colour vision no. 5
Relative radiation, colour contrast, colour order
ME06
Example file (1 page, 16 images, 70 KB)
ME06/ME06L0NP.PDF
Colour values and colour measurement no. 1 and 2
Colour values and colour measurement no. 1
CIE tristimulues values, light reflection, measurement geometry
ME07
Example file (1 page, 16 images, 100 KB)
ME07/ME07L0NP.PDF
Colour values and colour measurement no. 2
Elementary and device colours according to ISO/IEC 15775:1999,
and spectral chromatic values and chroma
ME08
Example file (1 page, 7 images, 60 KB)
ME08/ME08L0NP.PDF
Colour scaling and colour thresholds no. 1 to 6
Colour scaling and colour thresholds no. 1
Visual colour scaling and luminance thresholds
ME09
Example file (1 page, 16 images, 100 KB)
ME09/ME09L0NP.PDF
Colour scaling and colour thresholds no. 2
Luminance threshold, receptor sensitivity and receptor saturation
ME10
Example file (1 page, 16 images, 170 KB)
ME10/ME10L0NP.PDF