Colorimetric Evaluation of a Color Image Acquisition Device in the Presence of Noise

Abstract

Colorimetric evaluation of a color image acquisition device is important to achieve device independent color reproduction. This paper derives a simple formula to evaluate colorimetric quality of the device in the presence of noise and provides simulation results for a variety set of colors and illuminants. It is shown that the simulation results agree quite well with the proposed formula and that mean square errors in the fundamental vectors has a linear relationship to the colorimetric quality at various noise levels.