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Calculating the CQS and Duv from the SPD curve of: Erco Light Board V01 72808.000: LED - 3000K

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Illuminant: Light Board V01 72808.000

CCT: 2946K | Duv: 0.0019 | CQS: 91.8

CQS Calculations

CQS - Calculation Summary

  • Find the chromaticity xy co-ordinates of the test source from its calculated CIE 1931 color space XYZ values.
  • Determine the correlated color temperature (CCT) of the test source and select the appropriate black body reference source.
  • Illuminate the fifteen CQS test colour samples, alternately using both sources.
  • Calculate the CIE 1976 (L*, a*, b*) color space coordinates of the light reflected by each sample.
  • Calculate the various ΔC*ab and ΔE*ab values as indicated in the table below.
  • Calculate the overall CQS using the equation: CQS = 10 * log(exp(((100-ScalingFactor*OverAllΔE*abSF))/10)+1)
    • With the ScalingFactor of 3.2
    • OverAllΔE*abSF = √[(ΔE*abSF_1)² + (ΔE*abSF_2)² + ... + (ΔE*abSF_15)²]
  • See the information page for more information.

IlluminantBlack Body
X107.9135108.744
Y100100
Z35.278937.939
u0.25190.2525
v0.35010.3483

 VS01VS02VS03VS04VS05VS06VS07VS08VS09VS10VS11VS12VS13VS14VS15
Δx-0.007-0.003-0.004-0.003-0.0000.0040.0080.0110.0110.0100.0080.003-0.006-0.001-0.005
Δy0.0060.0050.0050.0060.0050.0070.0110.0140.0100.0060.001-0.0000.0040.0050.005
ΔC*ab-3.79-0.77-0.122.082.242.610.34-1.95-2.31-1.080.802.690.30-1.09-2.58
ΔE*ab3.91.51.52.72.33.33.33.32.32.33.23.03.82.13.0
ΔE*abSF3.91.51.51.70.42.13.23.32.32.33.11.33.82.13.0
CQ879595949993908992939096889390
p(ΔC*ab)0.000.000.002.082.242.610.340.000.000.000.802.690.300.000.00
p(ΔC*abWL)0.000.000.002.082.242.610.340.000.000.000.802.690.300.000.00

IlluminantVS01VS02VS03VS04VS05VS06VS07VS08VS09VS10VS11VS12VS13VS14VS15
x0.63050.58000.55090.51620.47180.42790.35120.32290.31810.28430.27320.33630.45610.52340.5715
y0.33330.38680.42660.45670.48850.50990.52980.46980.41840.36150.31610.30350.33410.34280.3379
u0.43950.35790.31400.27720.23830.20720.16230.16160.17230.16800.17500.22540.29920.34510.3867
v0.34850.35810.36470.36790.37010.37030.36730.35270.33990.32040.30360.30510.32880.33900.3430
L*45.2465.1672.1078.3377.5565.6254.1452.7953.3342.9934.4935.4850.0661.0853.02
a*54.3140.5323.436.31-14.65-28.28-45.31-41.40-32.93-25.44-15.511.9723.2040.7548.06
b*34.2852.6271.2372.8362.3641.9716.89-9.19-25.48-41.27-47.39-44.23-24.13-4.5710.42
C*ab64.2266.4274.9873.1064.0650.6148.3642.4141.6448.4849.8644.2833.4741.0149.18

Black BodyVS01VS02VS03VS04VS05VS06VS07VS08VS09VS10VS11VS12VS13VS14VS15
x0.63700.58320.55450.51870.47210.42430.34370.31190.30720.27420.26510.33330.46250.52480.5761
y0.32710.38150.42140.45050.48320.50310.51910.45610.40790.35540.31550.30390.32970.33820.3329
u0.45090.36380.31920.28160.24040.20730.16100.15890.16880.16330.16950.22300.30670.34940.3944
v0.34730.35700.36390.36680.36910.36860.36460.34860.33620.31750.30260.30490.32800.33770.3419
L*46.2265.0971.8678.0777.1365.3554.0553.0253.6643.5034.9835.8450.7961.4353.59
a*57.5142.0224.857.81-14.08-28.48-46.02-42.63-34.61-27.71-18.110.6425.5042.0050.25
b*36.3252.4470.8770.5960.2038.6313.71-12.24-27.09-41.09-45.60-41.58-21.22-2.9612.41
C*ab68.0267.2075.1071.0261.8248.0048.0244.3543.9549.5649.0641.5933.1742.1051.76