Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 40, Issue 16, 1633001(2020)

Influence of LED Primary Colors on Color Matching Accuracy

Chunli Guo, Min Huang*, Yonghui Xi, and Jie Pan
Author Affiliations
  • School of Printing and Packaging Engineering, Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication, Beijing 102600, China
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    Figures & Tables(13)
    Normalized spectral power distributions of the primary colors of the target and matched devices. (a) R channel; (b) G channel; (c) B channel
    Color gamuts of the target and matched devices
    Experimental related diagram. (a) Experimental setup; (b) LED-Panel and the controllers; (c) interface of software adjustment
    Comparisons of the matched colors with different CMFs in different RGB combinations. (a) L1; (b) L2; (c) L3; (d) L4
    Histograms of the Δ(u', v') values calculated by different color matching functions
    Observer variability ellipses from different LED-RGB primary color combinations. (a) 5 colors; (b) white
    Results from Ref. [15] with different primary-sets by CIE1964
    • Table 1. Primary colors and colorimetric information of the target and matched devices

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      Table 1. Primary colors and colorimetric information of the target and matched devices

      DevicePrimaryλ-measured /nmFWHM /nmx10y10u'10v'10
      Target deviceNEC-R652900.640.330.450.52
      NEC-G520320.260.680.100.58
      NEC-B444210.150.100.160.23
      Matched deviceLED-R1636180.690.310.520.52
      LED-R2672200.710.290.570.51
      LED-G1508270.120.700.040.56
      LED-G2524310.240.720.080.58
      LED-B1452190.150.070.160.18
      LED-B2472220.110.180.090.33
    • Table 2. Colorimetric parameters of the target colors

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      Table 2. Colorimetric parameters of the target colors

      ColorsCIE recommended valueMeasured valueΔEab*
      L10*a10*b10*L10*a10*b10*u'10v'10
      White------0.210.49-
      Gray620062.420.11-0.410.210.490.60
      Red44372343.9136.4922.950.320.510.52
      Yellow87-74787.25-6.9146.850.220.530.30
      Green56-32056.25-32.16-0.330.150.500.44
      Blue365-3136.494.56-30.650.190.410.74
    • Table 3. Observer variations in the experiments

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      Table 3. Observer variations in the experiments

      LED-conbinationL1L2L3L4
      Intra-observerR1-G2-B1R2-G2-B1R1-G1-B1R1-G2-B2
      Min0.00170.00110.00180.0012
      Max0.00320.00320.00690.0032
      Mean0.00240.00240.00380.0024
      Inter-observerR1-G2-B1R2-G2-B1R1-G1-B1R1-G2-B2
      Min0.00020.00020.00020.0005
      Max0.01880.02090.02410.0221
      Mean0.00390.00530.00690.0059
    • Table 4. Δ(u', v') values of each color from different LED-RGB combinations

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      Table 4. Δ(u', v') values of each color from different LED-RGB combinations

      ColorsL1L2L3L4Mean
      White0.00650.00750.00750.00850.0075
      Gray0.00540.00570.00630.00840.0065
      Red0.00700.00960.00800.00680.0079
      Yellow0.00500.00520.00730.00450.0055
      Green0.00570.00540.00830.00810.0069
      Blue0.00750.00680.00790.01380.0090
      Mean0.00620.00670.00760.00840.0072
    • Table 5. Parameters of the observer variability ellipses from different LED-RGB primary color combinations

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      Table 5. Parameters of the observer variability ellipses from different LED-RGB primary color combinations

      ColorSizeθ
      L1L2L3L4MeanL1L2L3L4
      White0.00390.00790.00850.00820.007168.3551.42127.00139.41
      Gray0.00420.00600.00780.00900.006776.4640.88142.17138.45
      Red0.00760.00850.01190.00750.008911.2714.797.0917.26
      Yellow0.00350.00690.00930.00520.006235.38163.89151.91172.54
      Green0.00620.00760.00870.00770.007595.2774.97134.39132.13
      Blue0.00750.00660.00990.01180.008971.5884.2399.53139.03
      Mean0.00550.00720.00940.0082----
    • Table 6. Comparison of the peak wavelength of the target and matched devices with different combinations

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      Table 6. Comparison of the peak wavelength of the target and matched devices with different combinations

      CombinationΔR /nmΔG /nmΔB /nm
      L1-1648
      L22048
      L3-16-128
      L4-16428
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    Paper Information

    Category: Vision, Color, and Visual Optics

    Received: Mar. 9, 2020

    Accepted: May. 14, 2020

    Published Online: Aug. 7, 2020

    The Author Email: Huang Min (huangmin@bigc.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202040.1633001

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