chapter 11 of this book has a very readable account of the original psychophysical experiments underlying the CIE chromaticity space.
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Radiometry-Photometry-Optoelectronics-library/dp/0890066787János Schanda also has a text (he wrote one or two chapters, and others contributed to the other chapters), which has a chapter on color management. I found this book challenging, although it was my first text that I've read on color science.
http://www.amazon.com/Colorimetry-Understanding-System-Janos-Schanda/dp/0470049049I had to read chapter 11 of McCluney's text before I was able to understand chapter 3 of Schanda's text, which dealt with the same material.
Marwan
Hi, Despite having spent a few years experimenting with monitor calibration on my free time, I still feel like I'm missing fundamental knowledge about color workflows in general, leaving me confused about some things. I feel like I need to read a good thick book that would cover the theory of color workflows in great detail. Specifically, I am interested in a book that would cover the following topics and their implications in great depth: colorspaces, white point, illuminant, chromatic adaptation, ICC, rendering intents, color spectrum, metamerism, standard observer, gamma, gamut (especially gamut mapping), contrast, deltaE, and just about anything else that could possibly be related to the reproduction of colors on TVs and computer displays, for video and static content. My background is software engineering. Does such a book exist? I tried some of these keywords on Amazon but didn't find anything interesting. It seems most books on color theory are aimed at artists and don't really cover the deeply technical side of things. One of my secret goals in life is to be able to fully understand and explain all values of collink's -i option without breaking a sweat :) Thanks for any suggestions! .
