colour.difference.delta_E_CIE1976#

colour.difference.delta_E_CIE1976(Lab_1: ArrayLike, Lab_2: ArrayLike) NDArrayFloat[source]#

Return the difference \(\Delta E_{76}\) between two given CIE L*a*b* colourspace arrays using CIE 1976 recommendation.

Parameters:
  • Lab_1 (ArrayLike) – CIE L*a*b* colourspace array 1.

  • Lab_2 (ArrayLike) – CIE L*a*b* colourspace array 2.

Returns:

Colour difference \(\Delta E_{76}\).

Return type:

numpy.ndarray

Notes

Domain

Scale - Reference

Scale - 1

Lab_1

L_1 : [0, 100]

a_1 : [-100, 100]

b_1 : [-100, 100]

L_1 : [0, 1]

a_1 : [-1, 1]

b_1 : [-1, 1]

Lab_2

L_2 : [0, 100]

a_2 : [-100, 100]

b_2 : [-100, 100]

L_2 : [0, 1]

a_2 : [-1, 1]

b_2 : [-1, 1]

References

[Lin03a]

Examples

>>> Lab_1 = np.array([48.99183622, -0.10561667, 400.65619925])
>>> Lab_2 = np.array([50.65907324, -0.11671910, 402.82235718])
>>> delta_E_CIE1976(Lab_1, Lab_2)  
2.7335037...