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Characterizing a surface's "color" properties

The reflectance of a surface determines what light leaves a surface when illuminated by a given light source. Opaque surfaces can be characterized by a spectral reflectance function.

On the back side, there in a figure showing the measurement process. Can you remember what it looks like?



Source

James Ferwerda, Siggraph 2020