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A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE CIE SYSTEM OF COLORIMETRY 11
Systems that are able to better predict colour difference and colour appearance
are currently active areas of research for colour scientists in academia and
industry. One of the factors that is actively driving research in these areas is the
need to be able to effectively communicate colour between image-capture and
image-reproduction devices. The proliferation of inexpensive colour-capture and
-display systems, in addition to the increasing commercial use of colour on the
Internet, requires increased understanding of (and ability to predict) colour
difference and colour appearance.
A wide range of readable and informative texts exist for the reader who would
like to explore the background and methods of the CIE system in more detail
(e.g. McDonald, 1997a; Hunt, 1998; Berns, 2000).