International Commission on Illumination

Summary

The International Commission on Illumination (usually abbreviated CIE for its French name Commission internationale de l'éclairage) is the international authority on light, illumination, colour, and colour spaces. It was established in 1913 as a successor to the Commission Internationale de Photométrie, which was founded in 1900, and is today based in Vienna, Austria.

International Commission on Illumination
Commission Internationale de l'éclairage
Internationale Beleuchtungskommission
AbbreviationCIE
Formation1913; 111 years ago (1913)
TypeINGO
Location
Region served
Worldwide
Official language
English, French, German
President
Jennifer Veitch
Canada
Websitecie.co.at
The CIE 1931 colour space chromaticity diagram with wavelengths in nanometers. The colors depicted depend on the color space of the device on which the image is viewed.

Organization

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The CIE has six active divisions,[1] each of which establishes technical committees[2] to carry out its program:

  • Division 1: Vision and Colour [3]
  • Division 2: Physical Measurement of Light and Radiation [4]
  • Division 3: Interior Environment and Lighting Design [5]
  • Division 4: Transportation and Exterior Applications [6]
  • Division 6: Photobiology and Photochemistry [7]
  • Division 8: Image Technology [8]

Two divisions are no longer active.

  • Division 5: Exterior Lighting and Other Applications [9]
  • Division 7: General Aspects of Lighting [10]

The President of the CIE from 2023 is Jennifer Veitch from Canada.[11]

CIE publishes Technical Reports (TRs), International Standards (ISs) and Technical Notes (TNs). International Standards (ISs) are often further developed as dual standards with the ISO or IEC.[12]

Milestones

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  • In 1964 the 10° CIE standard observer and its corresponding color matching functions as well as the new standard daylight illuminant D6500 were added, as well as a method for calculating daylight illuminants at correlated color temperatures other than 6500 kelvins.
  • In 1976, the commission developed the CIELAB and CIELUV color spaces, which are widely used today.
  • Based on CIELAB, color difference formulas CIEDE94 and CIEDE2000 were recommended in the corresponding years.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Divisions". Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Technical Committees". Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Division 1: Vision and Colour". cie.co.at. CIE.
  4. ^ "Division 2: Physical Measurement of Light and Radiation". cie.co.at. CIE.
  5. ^ "Division 3: Interior Environment and Lighting Design". cie.co.at. CIE.
  6. ^ "Division 4: Transportation and Exterior Applications". cie.co.at. CIE.
  7. ^ "Division 6: Photobiology and Photochemistry". cie.co.at. CIE.
  8. ^ "Division 8: Image Technology". cie.co.at. CIE.
  9. ^ International Commission on Illumination (2019). Proceedings of the 29th Session of the CIE, Volume 2. CIE. p. 5. ISBN 978-3-902842-74-9.
  10. ^ International Commission on Illumination (1999). Proceedings of the 24th Session of the CIE, Volume 2. CIE. p. 8. ISBN 3-900-734-93-3.
  11. ^ CIE Board of Administration Archived 2016-04-16 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 07/07/2015.
  12. ^ "CIE Publications - Premium Source for Knowledge on Light and Lighting | CIE". cie.co.at. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  13. ^ Troland, L. T. (August 1922). "Report of Committee on Colorimetry for 1920–21". Journal of the Optical Society of America. 6 (6): 527–96. Bibcode:1922JOSA....6..527T. doi:10.1364/JOSA.6.000527. The report defined colour as follows: "Color is the general name for all sensations arising from the activity of the retina of the eye and its attached nervous mechanisms, this activity being, in nearly every case in the normal individual, a specific response to radiant energy of certain wave-lengths and intensities."
  14. ^ Jones, L. A. (1943). "Historical background and evolution of the colorimetry report". Journal of the Optical Society of America. 33 (10): 534–43. Bibcode:1943JOSA...33..534J. doi:10.1364/JOSA.33.000534.
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  • CIE Website
  • CIE 082-1990: History of the CIE, 1913–1988
  • Inter-Society Color Council