Computational Color Science

<p>Color is a sensation generated both by the interaction of the visual sensors in the eyes with the natural environment and by the elaboration of visual information by higher brain functions.<br />This book presents the mathematical framework needed to deal with several models of color processing of digital images. <br />The book starts with a short yet exhaustive introduction to the basic phenomenological features of color vision, which are constantly used throughout the book. <br />The discussion of computational issues starts with color constancy, which is dealt with in a rigorous and self-contained mathematical setting. Then, the original Retinex model and its numerous variants are introduced and analyzed with direct discrete equations. <br />The remainder of the book is dedicated to the variational analysis of Retinex-like models, contextualizing their action with respect to contrast enhancement.</p> <p> </p>