USE OF CIE COLOR COORDINATES IN FORENSIC SCIENCE (FROM POLICE TECHNOLOGY: ASIA PACIFIC POLICE TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, P 183-194, 1993, JULIA VERNON AND DES BERWICK, EDS. -- SEE NCJ-145004)

• NCJ Number: 145024
• Author(s): E Kostantakis; M Pailthorpe
• Date Published: 1993
• Length: 6 pages
• Sale Source: Australian Institute of Criminology
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: Australia

Annotation

Using samples of different dyed wool fabrics, an experiment was conducted in Australia to examine the application of CIE chromaticity coordinates in forensic science.

Abstract

The results showed that CIE chromaticity coordinates measured in transmission on fibers in a microspectrophotometer do not agree with the CIE chromaticity coordinates measures on fabrics in an abridged spectrophotometer. The authors conclude that the color databases maintained by fabric dyers will be of little use in forensic science, as the Complementary Chromaticity Coordinates (CCCs) calculated for samples in this study had errors equal to or greater than those for the standard CIE chromaticity coordinates for the same fibers. Even when the wool fiber database was expanded to include 12 additional shades, the new data continued to support these conclusions. 1 table, 6 figures, and 8 references