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. 1999 Jan 5;96(1):307–312. doi: 10.1073/pnas.96.1.307

Table 1.

Chromaticities and luminances of our illuminants and local surround areas, as well as descriptive color names for illuminants and corresponding cardboard surfaces

Experiment Illuminant name Cardboard name Illuminant
Surround
x y Y x y Y
Local surround Neutral Gray 0.32 0.32 10.1 0.33 0.33 4.1
Local surround Orange red Blue 0.45 0.37 34.9 0.34 0.33 4.6
Spatial mean Neutral Gray 0.33 0.32 11.1 0.34 0.32 4.2
Spatial mean Pale red Blue 0.39 0.35 20.8 0.29 0.30 3.0
Maximum flux Neutral Yellow 0.33 0.33 17.4 0.42 0.42 12.8
Maximum flux Yellow Magenta 0.39 0.44 56.0 0.41 0.42 13.8
Control 1 Neutral Gray 0.31 0.33 11.2 0.33 0.34 3.8
Control 1 Orange red Gray 0.45 0.37 40.0 0.46 0.38 12.9
Control 2 Neutral Gray 0.31 0.33 11.2 0.33 0.34 3.8
Control 2 Orange red Blue 0.44 0.37 34.8 0.33 0.33 3.9