These indexed documents are for the intermediate to advanced reader and provide a good reference for the lighting design student. VISION – This site provides excellent information relating to vision and the anatomy of the human eye. The site even has an ‘Ask the Professor’ section. An understanding of the mechanisms of vision and human perception are necessary for any designer and this is an excellent reference. THE JOY OF VISUAL PERCEPTION – This is an excellent presentation (mostly graphics) relating to the human eye and brain process. Topics include light, reflection, refraction, polarization, lenses, optics, color, sources, IR, UV, lasers, electron microscopy, clouds, skies, rainbows – and much more. LIGHT AND OPTICS – This is an excellent series of documents (with graphics) dealing with the nature of light. Also included are formulas and nice color CIE diagrams. This article helps find the CIE value of a color and then relates it to its RGB value. (Author: efg).ĬOLOR RENDERING OF SPECTRA – This is a short (technical) introduction to the CIE color system. For the intermediate and advanced reader. Topics include color science, color theory, vision, color temperature, color calibration, color gamuts, color palettes, tutorials, projects and much more. (Author: Jeffrey Hightower).ĬOLOR REFERENCE LIBRARY – This single page has links to hundreds of color related documents, charts, graphics and tools. This simple (Java) application allows you to mix ‘in real time’ the 3 primary colors of light (red, green and blue) providing a nice demonstration of ‘additive’ color mixing.

(Author: Charles Brush).ĬOLOR MIXING DEMONSTRATION – (Java Gel) Prove that Red and Green light really do mix to make Yellow.

Links to graphics and photos are included – from The Museum of Electricity. (about 150 printed pages, updated often) (Author: Bill Williams).ĪRC LAMPS – a single page document that describes several early electric arc lamps (from about 1870). Wait for this document to fully load before you ‘search’. This document is intended as a serious research tool for the lighting student or the experienced lighting professional. Lighting, from pre-history to modern day, all arranged in chronological order.

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