colour.luminous_flux¶
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colour.
luminous_flux
(sd, lef=SpectralDistribution(name='CIE 1924 Photopic Standard Observer', ...), K_m=683.0)[source]¶ Returns the luminous flux for given spectral distribution using given luminous efficiency function.
Parameters: - sd (SpectralDistribution) – test spectral distribution
- lef (SpectralDistribution, optional) – \(V(\lambda)\) luminous efficiency function.
- K_m (numeric, optional) – \(lm\cdot W^{-1}\) maximum photopic luminous efficiency
Returns: Luminous flux.
Return type: numeric
References
Examples
>>> from colour import LIGHT_SOURCES_SDS >>> sd = LIGHT_SOURCES_SDS['Neodimium Incandescent'] >>> luminous_flux(sd) # doctest: +ELLIPSIS 23807.6555273...