A recent study showed that mathematical model used for over 100 years describe how the eyes distinguish one color from another may be wrong. The discovery was made by scientist Roxana Budjak, a computer science graduate with a background in mathematics.

Author of an article published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in the mathematics of color perception, Bujak stated that the discovery of this new way of perceiving color required a “paradigm shift”.

The original goal of the study was to increase the number of scientific data views, improve television sets, and provide a new resource for the textile and paint industries. However, during the research, they realized that the mathematical model used until today is incorrect.

“Our study shows that the current mathematical model of how the eye perceives color differences is incorrect. This model was proposed by Bernhard Riemann and developed by Hermann von Helmholtz and Erwin Schrödinger, giants in mathematics and physics. ” Bujack said.

The goal was to make interpretation easier for the general public.

Despite the realization of the dream, Budjak emphasizes that this was not the original idea of ​​​​the study. This is because she and the entire team aimed to make the study easier to interpret for the general public. To do this, they will develop algorithms that will automatically improve this color map.

“Our initial idea was to develop algorithms to automatically improve color maps for data visualization in order to make them easier to understand and interpret,” the scientist emphasized. Therefore, he points out that everyone was surprised when they came to the conclusion that the long-standing application of Riemannian geometry did not work.

To create the standards used in the industry today, you need an accurate mathematical model of the color space and how it is perceived. Euclidean spaces work in family geometry, which is taught in high schools. However, more advanced models use Riemannian geometry.

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Source: Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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