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Re: Why Should Engineers and Scientists Be Worried About Col... by raverbashing on Monday November 18, 2013 @08:54AM (#6754285)
Oh yes, human vision is non-linear, also adapted to a wide variety of situations (just try using a digital camera and see how several adjustments are needed and the eye does this "automatically")

But it's hard enough considering human non-linearity without adding any other non-linearities along the way (like the CRT ones)

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Re: Why Should Engineers and Scientists Be Worried About Col... by jacobparker on Monday November 18, 2013 @09:05AM (#6754321)
It's true: although human perception is nonlinear in a similar fashion (logarithmic/expt) the exact way CRTs (and LCDs) transform is not based strictly on human perception (as far as I know). It is interesting to think of how it could be improved but I don't have any answers right now.
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