The uniqueness of white is discussed from both the visual and colori-metric points of view. The sensitivity of the eye to departures from white are considered, together with the extent to which the visual mechanism compensates for changes in illumination. A short account is given of the instrumental methods of colorimetry most suitable for the measurement of whiteness.
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J G Holmes (1942) studied this question.
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