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Scientists Improve Colour Vision

by Bob Raikes

Metamerism is an interesting problem of colour vision and the term is used to describe situations where a colour looks the same as another, but measures as something different. Sometimes, colours measure the same, …

Tags:Colour (Color)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 12

A Visit to Samsung’s QA Lab

by Ken Werner

Two weeks ago, I reported on the talk Gerard Catapano gave at the SID LA Chapter’s annual One-Day Conference (Two Keys to Optimal HDR TVs: Dynamic HDR Metadata and Tone Mapping). After his presentation, …

Are the Strawberries Red?

by Bob Raikes

A new image on the web has raised lots of curiosity about the way that colour vision works. Although the image shown has no red pixels, it is perceived as having red strawberries. The …

Tags:Back Panel| Colour (Color)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 24 - Issue 08

The #SeeColors App Adjusts Displays to Improve Image for the Color Blind

by Arthur Berman

People with normal vision can usually perceive millions of color shades. There are, however, about 300 million people around the world, close to 8% of men and 0.5% of women that have Color Vision …

Tags:Colour (Color)| Eizo| Samsung| Vol 24 - Issue 05

Color Image Reproductions and Hi Fi Audio

by Kenneth Li

With the advancement in direct laser projection, the reproduction and accuracy of colors is getting more attention. Commercial units are already available and operating from several makers, including Christie Digital, Barco, NEC, etc. Beside …

Tags:Colour (Color)| Colour Management & Processing| Laser Projectors| Vol 23 - Issue 31

Singapore Uses Colour ePaper

by Tom Allen

LEDs illuminate the signs at nightSingapore has become the latest city to use electronic paper displays from Visionect. Eleven bus stops across the city now feature 32″ colour ePaper displays. Power is supplied from …

Philips Boosts Colour in Panel

by Tom Allen

MMD has developed two new UltraColor monitor models under the Philips name. The 23.6″ 246E7QDAB and 27″ 276E7QDAB feature a wider colour gamut than conventional monitors: 120% sRGB and 85% of NTSC, compared to …

Tags:Colour (Color)| Desktop Monitors| Large Display Monitor| MMD (AOC Philips)| Vol 23 - Issue 28

Optoma Promotes Colour With Rebranding

by Tom Allen

In a bid to focus attention on the colour reproduction of its DLP projectors, Optoma has come up with a new marketing term: Amazing Colour. It is a catch-all piece of marketing, referring to …

SID: Colour E Ink, Flexible AMOLEDs, New QDs – and More!

by Tom Allen

SID 2016 is ongoing at the time of writing, and we will have a full report for you in the coming weeks. For now, we have summarised some of the key announcements from the …

Kazlas: “Quantum Dots Are the Only Path to Rec.2020”

by Tom Allen

Peter Kazlas is director of advanced product development at QD Vision, which produces Color IQ quantum dots; these began to be shipped in early 2013. Color IQ optics use red and green QDs with …

Spectral Edge Enables Server-Based Correction

by Tom Allen

Spectral Edge, which developed the Eyeteq colour correction system (Spectral Edge’s HDMI Adapter Compensates for Colour Blindness), has launched a server-based version of its technology. It is an alternative to the existing HDMI adapter. …

Tags:Colour (Color)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 10

Giant Clams Hold Clues to Reflective Colour

by Tom Allen

Scientists at the University of California have accidentally found a way to work towards reflective colour displays – in the shells of giant clams. Giant clams, which live in the Pacific and Indian oceans, …

Tags:Colour (Color)| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Reflective Display| Vol 23 - Issue 02