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Reference data set and variability study for human skin reflectance

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Author(s)

P. Yvonne Barnes, David W. Allen, Benjamin K. Tsai

Abstract

The optical properties of human skin have been of interest to researchers for some time. Their interest is based on a need to know for a variety of different applications, which range from spectral imaging for automated or stand-off detection, non-invasive clinical diagnostic tools, improved models for understanding light propagation, to colour-based applications, such as reproduction of skin colour in photography and printing and colour-matching in cosmetics industries. Here we present a summary of a study that aimed to create a large data set of high-quality, human-skin reflectance spectra and quantify the variability of the resulting data set.
Proceedings Title
Proceedings of the CIE 2019 29th Session
Conference Dates
June 17-21, 2019
Conference Location
Washington, DC, US
Pub Type
Conferences

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https://doi.org/10.25039/x46.2019
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Keywords

Reflectance, skin color, skin color variation, spectral
Reference data and Optical physics and communications

Citation

Barnes, P. , Allen, D. and Tsai, B. (2019), Reference data set and variability study for human skin reflectance, Proceedings of the CIE 2019 29th Session, Washington, DC, US, [online], https://doi.org/10.25039/x46.2019, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=928057 (Accessed October 15, 2025)

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Created June 30, 2019, Updated April 19, 2022
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