title: Influence of the correlated color temperature of a light source on the color discrimination capacity of the observer.
abstract: It is well known that there are different preferences in correlated color temperature of light sources for daily living activities or for viewing artistic paintings. There are also data relating the capacity of observers to make judgments on color differences with the spectral power distribution of the light source used. The present work describes a visual color discrimination experiment whose results confirm the existence of a relationship between the correlated color temperature of a light source and the color discrimination capacities of the observers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer and Network Systems Engineering, University of Extremadura, Centro Universitario de Mérida, C/Santa Teresa de Jornet 38, Mérida E06800, Spain. pjpardo@unex.es
authors.forename: Pedro J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Pardo
authors.forename: Eduardo M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Cordero
authors.forename: María Isabel
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Suero
authors.forename: Ángel L
authors.initials: ÁL
authors.lastname: Pérez
mesh_terms: D003116:Color; D003118:Color Perception / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D013696:Temperature