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Mark D. FairchildResearch Interests

Mark D. FairchildColor Perception & Imaging:
  • Color Appearance Modeling
  • Image Appearance
  • Image Preference
  • Image Perception
  • Color Measurement
  • Image Quality Measurement
  • High-Dynamic-Range Imaging
  • Image and Video Rendering
  • Science Literacy through Color


Professor & Director, Munsell Color Science Laboratory
Ph.D. Vision Science, University of Rochester (1990)
B.S./M.S. Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology (1986)

Office location: 18-1077
Office phone: (585)475-2784
Fax: (585)475-4444



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Why is Color? The Color Curiosity Shop

Rochester Institute of Technology
54 Lomb Memorial Drive
Rochester, NY, 14623-5604













Below is a list of some of my publications from the CIS database. More details and information are also available on my webpage.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 18 July 2006 )

Publications

  • Fairchild, M.D.; Wyble, D.R.; Johnson, G.M. Matching image color from different cameras IS&T/SPIE Symposium on Electronic Imaging: Science and Technology, San Jose (2008)
  • Sarkar, A.; Fairchild, M.; Salvaggio, C. Integrated daylight harvesting and occupancy detection using digital imaging Proceedings of the SPIE, Sensors, Cameras, and Systems for Industrial/Scientific Applications IX, Volume 6816, 68160F, doi: 10.1117/12.765961 (2008)
  • Hattenberger, T.J.; Fairchild, M.D.; Johnson, G.M. and Salvaggio, C. A psychophysical investigation of global illumination algorithms used in augmented reality ACM Transactions on Applied Perception, in press (2008)
  • Fairchild, MD; Wyble, DR Mean Observer Metamerism and the Selection of Display Primaries IS&T's 15th Color Imaging Conference, Albuquerque, NM, 151-156 (2007)
  • Johnson, G.M.; Song, X.; Montag, E.D. and Fairchild, M.D. Derivation of a color space for image color difference measurement, Color Research and Application, in preparation (2007)
  • Kuang, J.; Johnson, G.M. and Fairchild, M.D. iCAM06: A refined image appearance model for HDR image rendering, Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation 18, 406-414 (2007)
  • Fairchild, M.D. and Johnson, G.M. Measurement and modeling of adaptation to noise in images Journal of the Society of Information Display 15, 639-647 (2007)
  • Kuang, J.; Yamaguchi, H.; Liu, C.; Johnson, G.M. and Fairchild, M.D. Evaluating HDR rendering algorithms ACM Transactions on Applied Perception 4, Article 9 (2007)
  • Kastner, Joel H; Fairchild, Mark D PhD Candidacy Exam Process  (2006)
  • Fairchild, M. D. Evaluation of HDR image rendering algorithms using real-world scenes International Congress of Imaging Science ‘06 (2006)
  • Fairchild, M. D. Expanding display color gamut beyond the spectrum locus Color Research and Application (2006)
  • Fairchild, M. D. Spectral adaptation Color Imaging Conference, Scottsdale. Nov 06 (2006)
  • Fairchild, M. D. Color Reproduction Taught Winter Quarter (2006)
  • Fairchild, M. D. The effect of DLP projector white channel on perceptual gamut Journal of the Society of Information Display (2006)
  • Heckaman, R.L. and Fairchild, M.D. Expanding display color gamut beyond the spectrum locus, Color Research and Application 31, 475-482 (2006)
  • Sanchez, J.M. and Fairchild, M.D. The perceptual amplification of color for a common computer monitor: Helmholtz-Kohlrausch at work on the desktop computer Color Research and Application, in press (2005). (2005)
  • Fernandez, S; Fairchild, M D; Braun, K Cultural biases in color preference reproduction… Journal of Imaging Science & Technology, in press (2005) (2005)
  • Fairchild, M.D. Color Appearance Models, Second Edition Wiley-IS&T Series in Imaging Science and Technology, Chichester, UK (2005). (2005)
  • Montag, E. D.; Fairchild, M. D. Fundamentals of Human Vision and Vision Modeling in Digital Video Image Quality and Perceptual Encoding, H. R. Wu & K. R. Rao, Eds. CRC Press. (2005)
  • Heckaman, RL; Fairchild MD; Wyble, DR The Effect of DLP Projector White Channel on Perceptual Gamut Thirteenth Color Imaging Conference Scottsdale, Arizona; 205-210; (2005)
  • Heckaman, R.L. and Fairchild, M.D. Talking About Color ... Brilliance Color Research and Application 30, 250-251 (2005)
  • Fernandez, S.; Fairchild, M.D. and Braun, K. Analysis of observer and cultural variability while generating preferred color reproductions of pictorial images Journal of Imaging Science & Technology 49, 96-104 (2005)
  • Sun, Q; Fairchild, M D Image quality analysis for visible spectral imaging systems Journal of Imaging Science and Technology 48, 211- 221(2004) (2004)
  • Fairchild, M.D.;Johnson, G.M. The iCAM framework for image appearance, differences, and quality Journal of Electronic Imaging 13, 126-138 (2004). (2004)
  • Johnson, G. M.; Patil, R. A.; Montag, E. D.; Fairchild, M. D. Image Quality Scaling of Electrophotographic Prints. IS&T/SPIE Symposium on Electronic Imaging: Science and Technology, SPIE Vol. 5294. (2004)
  • Fairchild, M.D. Color appearance modeling: Splicing color science and practical applications, OSA Fall Vision Meeting, Rochester, Journal of Vision 4:11, 26 (2004)
  • Fairchild, M.D. and Johnson, G.M. The iCAM framework for image appearance, differences, and quality Journal of Electronic Imaging 13, 126-138 (2004)
  • Calabria, A.J.;Fairchild, M.D. Perceived image contrast and observer preference I: The effects of lightness, chroma, and sharpness manipulations on contrast perception Journal of Imaging Science & Technology 47, 479-493 (2003). (2003)
  • Calabria, A.J.;Fairchild, M.D. Perceived image contrast and observer preference II: Empirical modeling of perceived image contrast and observer preference data Journal of Imaging Science & Technology 47, 494-508 (2003). (2003)
  • Johnson, G.M.; Fairchild, M.D. top down description of S-CIELAB and CIEDE2000 Color Research and Application, 28 425-435 (2003). (2003)
  • Johnson, G.M.; Fairchild, M.D. Visual psychophysics and color appearance Digital Color Imaging Handbook, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 115-171 (2003). (2003)
  • Sun, Q; Fairchild, M D Statistical characterization of face spectral reflectances and its application to human portraiture spectral estimation Journal of Imaging Science and Technology 46, 498-506 (2002). (2002)
  • Rosen, M.R.; Imai, F.H.; Fairchild, M.D.; Ohta, N. Data-efficient methods applied to unconstrained spectral image capture Journal of the Society of Photographic Science and Technology of Japan 65, 353-362 (2002). (2002)
  • Shaw. M. and Fairchild, M.D. Evaluating the CIE 1931 color matching functions Color Research and Application 27, 316-329 (2002). (2002)
  • Fairchild, M.D. Modeling color appearance, spatial vision, and image quality Color Image Science: Exploiting Digital Media, Wiley, New York, 357-370 (2002). (2002)
  • Fairchild, M.D. Human Visual System — Color Visual Processing The Encyclopedia of Imaging Science and Technology, Wiley, New York (2002). (2002)
  • Matsushiro, N.; Ohta, N.; Shaw, M.Q.; Fairchild, M.D. Optimizing color-matching functions for individual observers using a variation method Journal of Imaging Science and Technology, 472-483 (2001). (2001)
  • Fairchild, M.D. A revision of CIECAM97s for practical applications Color Research and Application 26, 418-427 (2001). (2001)
  • Braun, G.J.; Fairchild M.D. General-purpose gamut-mapping algorithms: Evaluation of contrast-preserving rescaling functions for color gamut mapping Journal of Imaging Science and Technology 44, 343-350 (2000). (2001)
  • Braun, K.M.;Fairchild, M.D. Psychophysical generation of matching images for cross-media color reproduction Journal of the Society of Information Display 8, 33-44 (2000). (2000)
  • Daniels, C.M.; Giorgianni, E.J.; Fairchild, M.D. Method and apparatus for achieving color-appearance matching for an image viewed in surrounds of different relative luminances United States Patent 6,046,723, Apr. 4, 2000. (2000)
  • Wyble, D.R. and Fairchild M.D. Prediction of Munsell appearance scales using various color appearance models Color Research and Application 25, 132-144 (2000)
  • Rosen, MR; Fairchild, MD; Johnson, GM; Wyble DR Color Management within a Spectral Image Visualization Tool IS&T's 8th Color Imaging Conference, Scottsdale, AZ (2000)
  • Braun, G.J.; Fairchild M.D. Image lightness rescaling using sigmoidal contrast enhancement functions Journal of Electronic Imaging 8, 380-393 (1999) (1999)
  • Johnson, G.M.; Fairchild, M.D. Full-spectral color calculations in realistic image synthesis IEEE Computer Graphics & Applications 19:4, 47-53 (1999). (1999)
  • Fairchild, M.D.; Johnson, G.M. Color appearance reproduction: Visual data and predictive modeling Color Research and Application 24, 121-131 (1999). (1999)
  • Pattanaik, S. N.; Ferwerda, J A ; Fairchild, M D ;Greenberg, D P A multiscale model of adaptation and spatial vision for image display Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 98, 287-298 (1998). (1998)
  • Fairchild, M.D Color Appearance Models Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA (1998). (1998)
  • Montag, E. D.; Fairchild, M. D. Gamut mapping: Evaluation of chroma clipping techniques for three destination gamuts. IS&T/SID Sixth Color Imaging Conference, Scottsdale, 57-61. (1998)
  • Fairchild, MD; Wyble, DR Colorimetric Characterization of the Apple Studio Display (Flat Panel LCD) Munsell Color Science Laboratory Technical Report (1998)
  • Wyble, DR; Fairchild MD Quantitative Evaluation of Color Appearance Models Using the Munsell Renotation Data Inter-Society Color Council 67th Annual Meeting, October 2-5, Baltimore, MD. (1998)
  • Pattanaik, S., Ferwerda, J.A., Fairchild, M.D., and Greenberg, D.P. A multiscale model of adaptation and spatial vision for realistic image display Proceedings SIGGRAPH '98, 287-298. (1998)
  • Pattanaik, S.N., Fairchild, M.D., Ferwerda, J.A., and Greenberg.D.P. Multiscale model of adaptation, spatial vision and color appearance. Proceedings IS&T 6th Color Imaging Conference, 2-7. (1998)
  • Ebner, F. ;Fairchild, M.D. Gamut mapping from below: Finding minimum perceptual distances for colors outside the gamut volume Color Research and Application 22, 402-413 (1997). (1997)
  • Montag, E.D.; Fairchild, M.D. Evaluation of gamut mapping techniques using simple rendered images and artificial gamut boundaries IEEE Transactions on Image Processing 6, 977-989 (1997). (1997)
  • Alfvin, R L; Fairchild, M D. Observer variability in metameric color matches using color reproduction media Color Research and Application 22, 174-188 (1997). (1997)
  • Braun, K.M.; Fairchild, M.D. Testing five color appearance models for changes in viewing conditions Color Research and Application 22, 165-174 (1997). (1997)
  • Tanaka, T; Berns, R; Fairchild, M D Predicting the image quality of color overhead transparencies using a color-appearance model Journal of Electronic Imaging 6, 154-165 (1997). (1997)
  • Fairchild, M.D. Predicting color appearance of simple and complex stimuli John Dalton’s Colour Vision Legacy, Taylor & Francis, London (1997). (1997)
  • Fairchild, M.D. Standard guide for designing and conducting visual experiments ASTM E1808-96 (1996). (1996)
  • Fairchild, M.D. Refinement of the RLAB color space Color Research and Application 21, 338-346 (1996). (1996)
  • Fairchild, M.D.; Lester, A.A.; Berns, R.S. Accurate color reproduction of CRT-displayed images as projected 35mm slides Journal of Electronic Imaging 5, 87-96 (1996). (1996)
  • Braun, K.M.; Fairchild, M.D.; Alessi, P.J. Viewing environments for cross-media image comparisons Color Research and Application 21, 6-17 (1996). (1996)
  • Montag, E. D.; Fairchild, M. D. Simulated color gamut mapping using simple rendered images. IS&T/SPIE Symposium on Electronic Imaging: Science and Technology, SPIE Vol. 2658. (1996)
  • Fairchild, M.D. Considering the surround in device-independent color imaging Color Research and Application 20, 352-363 (1995). (1995)
  • Moroney, N; Fairchild, M.D. Color space selection for JPEG image compression Journal of Electronic Imaging 4, 373-381 (1995). (1995)
  • Fairchild, M.D. Testing colour-appearance models: Guidelines for coordinated research Color Research and Application 20, 262-267 (1995). (1995)
  • Fairchild, M.D. colour-appearance models: Guidelines for coordinated research CIE Publication 118/5, 39-46 (1995). (1995)
  • Fairchild, M.D.; Reniff, L. Time-course of chromatic adaptation for color-appearance judgements Journal of the Optical Society of America A 12, 824-833 (1995). (1995)
  • Lester, A.A; Fairchild, M.D. Thermochromism of Ektachrome 100 Plus Professional transparencies upon projection Journal of Imaging Science and Technology 38, 332-338 (1994). (1994)
  • Fairchild, M.D. Some hidden requirements for device-independent color imaging SID International Symposium, San Jose 865-868 (1994). (1994)
  • Fairchild, M.D.; Pirrotta, E.; Kim, T.G. Successive-ganzfeld haploscopic viewing technique for color-appearance research Color Research and Application 19, 214-221 (1994). (1994)
  • Lennie, P; Fairchild, M D Ganglion cell pathways for rod vision Vision Research 34, 477-482 (1994). (1994)
  • Fairchild, M.D.; Berns, R.S. Image color appearance specification through extension of CIELAB Color Research and Application 18, 178-190 (1993). (1993)
  • North, A.D.;Fairchild, M.D. Measuring color matching functions part I Color Research and Application 18, 155-162 (1993). (1993)
  • North, A.D.;Fairchild, M.D. Measuring color matching functions part II: New data for assessing observer metamerism Color Research and Application 18, 163-170 (1993). (1993)
  • Fairchild, M.D. Color Forum: The CIE 1931 Standard Colorimetric Observer: Mandatory retirement at age 65? Color Research and Application 18, 129-134 (1993). (1993)
  • Stokes, M.D.; Fairchild, M.D.; Berns, R.S. Precision requirements for digital color reproduction ACM Transactions on Graphics 11, 406-422 (1992). (1992)
  • Fairchild, M.D. Meeting Report: ISCC/TAGA 1992 Williamsburg Conference on Comparison of Color Images Presented in Different Media Color Research and Application 17, 300-302 (1992). (1992)
  • Fairchild, M.D.; Lennie, P. Chromatic adaptation to natural and artificial illuminants Vision Research 32, 2077-2085 (1992). (1992)
  • Nystrom B.D.; Fairchild M.D. Perceived image quality of 16:9 and 4:3 aspect ratio video displays Journal of Electronic Imaging 1, 99-103 (1992). (1992)
  • Fairchild, M.D.; Pirrotta, E. Predicting the lightness of chromatic object colors using CIELAB Color Research and Application 16, 385-393 (1991). (1991)
  • Fairchild, M.D.;Reniff, L. Propagation of random errors in spectrophotometric colorimetry Color Research and Application 16, 360-368 (1991). (1991)
  • Fairchild, M.D. Formulation and testing of an incomplete-chromatic-adaptation model Color Research and Application 16, 243-250 (1991). (1991)
  • Fairchild, M.D.; Daoust, D.J.O.; Peterson, J.; Berns, R.S. Absolute reflectance factor calibration for goniospectrophotometry Color Research and Application 15, 311-320 (1990). (1990)
  • Fairchild, M.D. A novel method for determination of color matching functions Color Research and Application 14, 122-130 (1989). (1989)
  • Fairchild, M.D.;Daoust, D.J.O. Goniospectrophotometric analysis of pressed PTFE powder for use as a primary transfer standard Applied Optics 27, 3392-3396 (1988). (1988)
  • Berns, R; Fairchild, M D ; Beering, M M The quantification of illuminant metamerism for four coloration systems via metameric mismatch gamuts Color Research and Application 13, 346-357 (1988). (1988)
  • Fairchild, M.D.; Berns, R.S. Implementation of recommended ocular exposure thresholds for the evaluation of xenon flashes Journal of Imaging Technology 13, 8-14 (1987). (1987)
  • Fairchild, M.D.;Grum, F. Thermochromism of ceramic reference tiles Applied Optics 24, 3432-3433 (1985). (1985)
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