On the field trials of CIECAM97s and its model structure

The structure of the color-appearance model CIECAM97s is examined. The problems with its chromatic-adaptation transform, called the Bradford transform, are discussed in detail. The contradictions existing between the measures at various stages of CIECAM97s are described, which are ea-eb, saturation s, chroma C, and colorfulness M. The main contradictions are (1) the inversion of chromatic components between test and reference colors at different measures; and (2) the similarity between chroma and colorfulness found in the experiments done under different adapting illuminances. The structural problems in CIECAM97s are clarified by comparing its predictions with those using CIECAT94LAB, which consists of the CIE chromatic-adaptation transform published in 1994 and the CIELAB formula. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Col Res Appl, 24, 439–456, 1999

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