Take your design skills to the next level with this in-depth guide to LAB color theory, covering the basics, best practices, and expert techniques. Learn about L*a*b* color space, color values, CIELAB, and color profiles and how they help us locate, represent, and communicate specific colors. Explore the LAB color space, its components, and its importance in professional color management.
Learn how LAB offers advantages like device independence, a larger color gamut, and perceptual uniformity, making it crucial for accurate color reproduction across various media and devices. Learn about the Lab color space with MATLAB. Resources include code examples, videos, and documentation covering Lab color space and other topics.
1) Lab color space is more perceptually linear than other color spaces. Perceptually linear means that a change of the same amount in a color value should produce a change of about the same visual importance. It is important especially when you try to measure the perceptually difference of two colors.
for more information see Color difference wiki. In addition HSL and HSV wiki page list some. Delta E is the difference between two colours designated as two points in the Lab colour space.
With values assigned to each of the L, a, and b attributes of two colours, we can use simple geometry to calculate the distance between their two placements in the Lab colour space (see Figure 4.7). How do we do that? In the clinical example above I started out from scratch, slamming the RAW file straight into the Lab Color mode, but in the case below it was something I did midway because I kept not getting the colorful punch that I wanted. Uncover the intricacies of Lab Color Space when printing and using Photoshop with this guide to mastering color accuracy and quality in digital imagery.
A comprehensive guide to the LAB color model, its unique properties, advantages for color management, and applications in digital design, photography, and print production. A basic knowledge of the Lab* color space is useful in understanding the final color outcome. Before covering the specifics of Lab* color space, I'd like to discuss some general color principles to provide an overarching understanding of the color space itself.