Physics

Abney effectAbney effect

Abney effect

The Abney effect describes the perceived hue shift that occurs when white light is added to a monochromatic light source.…

2 months ago

Spectral color

A spectral color is a color that is evoked in a normal human by a single wavelength of light in…

2 months ago

Metallic color

A metallic color is a color that appears to be that of a polished metal. The visual sensation usually associated…

2 months ago

CPK coloring

In chemistry, the CPK coloring is a popular color convention for distinguishing atoms of different chemical elements in molecular models.…

2 months ago

White point

A white point (often referred to as reference white or target white in technical documents) is a set of tristimulus…

2 months ago

Whiteness

In colorimetry, whiteness is the degree to which a surface is white. An example of its use might be to…

2 months ago

Beer color standard reference method

The Standard Reference Method or SRM is one of several systems modern brewers use to specify beer color. Determination of…

2 months ago

Standard illuminant

A standard illuminant is a theoretical source of visible light with a profile (its spectral power distribution) which is published.…

2 months ago

Spectrophotometry

In chemistry, spectrophotometry is the quantitative measurement of the reflection or transmission properties of a material as a function of…

2 months ago

Spectral sensitivity

Spectral sensitivity is the relative efficiency of detection, of light or other signal, as a function of the frequency or…

2 months ago