The Performance of CIECAM02

Abstract

A new CIE color appearance model (CIECAM02) has been developed. This paper describes the three major drawbacks of the earlier CIECAM97s model, and shows how the new model performs in these color regions. In addition, both models were tested using available data groups. The results are consistent in that CIECAM02 performed as well as, or better than, CIECAM97s in almost all cases, there being a large improvement in the prediction of saturation. The CIECAM02 model can therefore be considered as a possible replacement for CIECAM97s for all image applications.