The materials are now freely available . Alternatively, the bound, printed versions with high quality dye-sublimation colour are still available for purchase . The materials are aimed at a large but often neglected group - scientists, engineers and medics who need to use computer graphics and scientific visualisation as a tool to further their research, rather than as objects of study. The effective use of colour requires specialised knowledge that is difficult to come by in an intelligible form.
Colour science is a highly complex subject.
Because of this, colour was often only used in a rudimentary way in early computer graphics. Such areas as textile design, architectural visualisation, lighting simulation and museum archival, require tightly specified colour. In many other areas, some knowledge of colour science helps produce legible, clear graphics, optimised colour scales, and improved fidelity of screen and printed output. This helps explain just what colour is. Measuring colour Explains how colour is measured and introduces the CIE international standard, used to define colour.