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CIE 1976 L*u*v* colour difference

CIELUV colour difference

difference between two colour stimuli, defined as the Euclidean distance between the points representing them in the CIE 1976 L*u*v* colour space and calculated as:

Note 1 to entry: See also CIE 15 Colorimetry.

Note 2 to entry: See also ISO/CIE 11664-5 Colorimetry – Part 5: CIE 1976 L*u*v* Colour Space and u', v' Uniform Chromaticity Scale Diagram.

Note 3 to entry: This entry was numbered 845-03-55 in IEC 60050-845:1987.

Note 4 to entry: This entry was numbered 17-158 and 17-174 in CIE S 017:2011.

Publication date: 2020-12
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