colour.delta_E#

colour.delta_E(a: ArrayLike, b: ArrayLike, method: Literal['CIE 1976', 'CIE 1994', 'CIE 2000', 'CMC', 'ITP', 'CAM02-LCD', 'CAM02-SCD', 'CAM02-UCS', 'CAM16-LCD', 'CAM16-SCD', 'CAM16-UCS', 'DIN99'] | str = 'CIE 2000', **kwargs: Any) NDArrayFloat[source]#

Return the difference \(\Delta E_{ab}\) between two given CIE L*a*b*, \(IC_TC_P\), or \(J'a'b'\) colourspace arrays using given method.

Parameters:
Returns:

Colour difference \(\Delta E_{ab}\).

Return type:

numpy.ndarray

References

[ASTMInternational07], [InternationalTUnion19], [LLW+17], [Lin03a], [Lin11], [Lin09b], [LCL06], [Mel13], [Wikipedia08a]

Examples

>>> import numpy as np
>>> a = np.array([100.00000000, 21.57210357, 272.22819350])
>>> b = np.array([100.00000000, 426.67945353, 72.39590835])
>>> delta_E(a, b)  
94.0356490...
>>> delta_E(a, b, method="CIE 2000")  
94.0356490...
>>> delta_E(a, b, method="CIE 1976")  
451.7133019...
>>> delta_E(a, b, method="CIE 1994")  
83.7792255...
>>> delta_E(a, b, method="CIE 1994", textiles=False)
... 
83.7792255...
>>> delta_E(a, b, method="DIN99")  
66.1119282...
>>> a = np.array([0.4885468072, -0.04739350675, 0.07475401302])
>>> b = np.array([0.4899203231, -0.04567508203, 0.07361341775])
>>> delta_E(a, b, method="ITP")  
1.42657228...
>>> a = np.array([54.90433134, -0.08450395, -0.06854831])
>>> b = np.array([54.90433134, -0.08442362, -0.06848314])
>>> delta_E(a, b, method="CAM02-UCS")  
0.0001034...
>>> delta_E(a, b, method="CAM16-LCD")  
0.0001034...