CMC 2000 chromatic adaptation transform: CMCCAT2000

CMCCAT97 is a chromatic adaptation transform included in CIECAM97s, the CIE 1997 colour appearance model, for describing colour appearance under different viewing conditions and is recommended by, the Colour Measurement Committee of the Society, of Dyers and Colourists for predicting the degree of colour inconstancy, of surface colours. Among the many, transforms tested, this transform gave the most accurate predictions to a number of experimental data sets. However, the structure of CMCCAT97 is considered complicated and causes problems when applications require the use of its reverse mode. This article describes a simplified version of CMCCAT97-CMCCAT2000-which not only, is significantly, simpler and eliminates the problems of reversibility, but also gives a more accurate prediction to almost all experimental data sets than does the original transform. (C) 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.