EVALUATING COLOR MODELS PERFORMANCE BETWEEN MONITOR AND PRINT IMAGES

The earlier experimental results (Color Res. Appl. 16. 166-180, 181-19 7; 18, 98-113, 191-209; 20, 18-28) have been further extended to inclu de data obtained using complex images. Binocular memory and simultaneo us matching techniques were used to assess the color reproduction qual ity of displayed monitor images processed via eight color models again st a hardcopy (original) image illuminated in a viewing cabinet. The r esults from a panel of nine observers were used to compare different c olor models' performance. It was found that the BFD chromatic adaptati on transform outperformed the other models. The Hunt94 model, which ga ve a good fit to the earlier results, did not perform well. This indic ated that there are difference in color appearance between the complex and simple viewing fields. Other aspects were also investigated such as observer precision and repeatability, spatial uniformity of the mon itor, image dependency, and the difference between the category judgem ent and paired comparison results. (C) 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.