Digital Image Processing,3rd ed. Gonzalez Woods www.ImageProcessingPlace.com Chapter 6 Color Image Processing Color Fundamentals 。 When a beam of sunlight passes through a glass prism,the emerging beam of light is not white but consists instead of a continuous spectrum of colors ranging from violet at one end to red at the other. FIGURE 6.1 Color INFRARED spectrum seen by passing white light through a prism.(Courtesy VHITE LIGHT of the General Electric Co., OPTICAL PRISM ◆ULTRAVIOLET Lamp Business Division.) 1992-2008 R.C.Gonzalez R.E.WoodsDigital Image Processing, 3rd ed. www.ImageProcessingPlace.com © 1992–2008 R. C. Gonzalez & R. E. Woods Gonzalez & Woods Chapter 6 Color Image Processing Color Fundamentals • When a beam of sunlight passes through a glass prism, the emerging beam of light is not white but consists instead of a continuous spectrum of colors ranging from violet at one end to red at the other