Views & Opinions: Customer acceptance of the color-rendering of illumination

Aristotle, in “Meteorologica,” c. 350 B.C. See MacAdam D. L. , Sources of color science, The MIT Press, Cambridge, 1970, a fascinating collection of less well-known and less-accessible material.

The efficacy of the flames of oil or illuminating gas is thought to be about one Im/W; gas was in common use, of course, in home lighting as recently as 1920.

Thornton W. A. , “A Validation of the ColorPreference Index,” Journal of the IES, Vol. 4, No. 1, October 1974, p. 48.

Judd D. B. “A Flattery Index for Artificial Illuminants,” Illuminating Engineering, Vol. 62, October 1967, p. 593.

Buck G. B. and Froelich H. C. , “Color Characteristics of Human Complexions,” Illuminating Engineering, Vol. 53, January 1948, p. 27.

Newhall S. M. , Burnham R. W. , and Clark J. R. , “Comparison of Successive with Simultaneous Color Matching,” Journal of the Optical Society of America, Vol. 47, 1957, p. 43.

Sanders C. L. , “Color Preferences for Natural Objects,” Illuminating Engineering, Vol. 54, July 1959, p. 42.

Bartleson C. J. , “Memory Colors of Familiar Objects,” Journal of the Optical Society of America, Vol. 50, 1960, p. 73.

Thornton W. A. , “Color-Discrimination Index.“ Journal of the Optical Society of America, Vol. 62, No. 2, February 1972, p. 191.