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CIE

The International Commission on Illumination. The color space that they defined iscalled CIELab. They have also developed a metric for color distance called E1976(Delta E) with 1976 indicating the version of the formula. They have developed moredetailed and precise distance metrics in later years. For more information, seehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_difference.

Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 Update:2015 Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial & Other Biometric Information. ANSI/National Institute of Standards and Technology, 2011. Source link