Abstract

Starting with an elementary consideration of two equally bright colors just distinguishable as to chromaticity, and introducing Fechner’s law, Silberstein has developed expressions intended to define the properties of a “color domain obeying Fechner’s law.” It is shown, however, that Silberstein’s method of introducing Fechner’s law is inconsistent with his initial assumptions, and that the resulting expressions disagree fundamentally with experimental data.

© 1947 Optical Society of America

Investigations on the Intrinsic Properties of the Color Domain*

Ludwik Silberstein
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 28(3) 63-85 (1938)

Notes on W. S. Stiles’ Paper Entitled, “A Modified Helmholtz Line-Element in Brightness-Colour Space”*,1

Ludwik Silberstein
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 37(4) 292-295 (1947)

Investigations on the Intrinsic Properties of the Color Domain. II*

L. Silberstein
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 33(1) 1-10 (1943)

Use of a Monochromatic Colorimeter for the Study of Color Blindness

J. A. Van den Akker, J. Edward Todd, Philip Nolan, and Willmer A. Wink
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 37(5) 363-387 (1947)

The Limiting Colors Due to Ideal Absorption and Transmission Bands

I. H. Godlove
J. Opt. Soc. Am. 37(10) 778-791 (1947)