Talk:False-color

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[edit] "human visual perception is limited to three independent coordinates"

I added ^[clarify] to this phrase because I'm not sure what it means. Anyone think they can "translate" the idea from electromagnetic/color terms to layperson ones?

You could clarify this point by finding a citation using search terms: trichromic, vision, cones. Doug youvan (talk) 16:56, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] False-color is an atavistic term

There is nothing false about pseudocolored images produced by an algorithm from a photo-realistic image. A search of Google for "pseudocolor" lists this article as rank one. The WP redirect should be removed, and this article should be renamed and / or moved. Search engines usually ignore hyphens, so pseudo-color will be handled properly, too. With some thought, this article should be combined with Palette_(computing) - Doug youvan (talk) 16:52, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Based on instructions from Dickylon, I propose an external link ...

to www.youvan.com which hosts Pseudocolor in Pure and Applied Mathematics. This site is misnamed a dot com, when really it should have been a dot org . It has been up and stable for over three years. It is approximately rank 10 on both Google and Yahoo for the search of the term pseudocolor. It's loaded with source code that is PD that will run in both Mathematica and SAGE. SAGE is PD. My intent is to facilitate work in the field, pro bono, as I have approximately 600 USPTO references and worked in the field since 1983. This includes the popularization of pseudocolor in microbial genetics which was published as a full page lead article photo of pseudocolored colonies in July, 1987 as the lead (cover) article on photosynthesis. One of the examples on www.youvan.com is PD source code for a well known technology in imaging spectroscopy. There is approximately present-day = $50M public dollars (via grants) behind the work. Many of the graphics from the site have been uploaded to Commons as PD, with code either in the description or associated PDF files. It is unfair to students to omit this link, because I see semester-type cycling of hits originating from dot edu .Doug youvan (talk) 21:10, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Also, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Doug_youvan for this insertion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Doug youvan (talk • contribs) 04:58, 26 May 2008 (UTC)