Dominant wavelength

**Dominant/complementary wavelength example on the CIE color space**
The "x" marks the color in question. For the white point indicated, the dominant wavelength for "x" is on the nearer perimeter, around 600 nm, while the complementary wavelength is opposite, around 485 nm. Intuitively, the dominant wavelength of "x" corresponds to the primary hue of "x".

In color science, the dominant wavelength is a method of aproximating a color's hue. Along with purity, it makes up one half of the Helmholtz coordinates. A color's dominant wavelength is the wavelength of monochromatic spectral light that, if plotted in a chromaticity diagram, the straight line that passes through the color in question and the white point will also pass through this wavelength.^[1]

^ Schanda, Janos (2007). Colorimetry : understanding the CIE system. [Vienna, Austria]: CIE/Commission internationale de l'eclairage. pp. 65–66. ISBN 978-0-470-04904-4.

[schanda-1] Schanda, Janos (2007). Colorimetry : understanding the CIE system. [Vienna, Austria]: CIE/Commission internationale de l'eclairage. pp. 65–66. ISBN 978-0-470-04904-4.

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