Analysis of the standard colorimetric observer

It is known that there are tow color matching functions that defined to the two standard colorimetric observers standard colorimetric observer. The fundamental different between these standard observers is due to the visual field, because in each color matching experiment was used a different size of visual field. The purpose of this work is to realize a documental analysis about latest results in this topics. Most of the recent publications explain some differences among the color perception properties by investigating the influence of: size of visual field, peripheral visual field and the macular pigment.© (2001) COPYRIGHT SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.