Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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📚 Contents

00:00 Sponsor disclaimer
00:02 The mystery
01:15 Sponsored segment
02:40 No really, what is this
03:41 Playing with color spaces
04:55 CIE Chromaticity diagrams
07:16 Our first transfer function
08:55 Parade scope
10:05 More transfer functions
15:25 How white is your white?
17:47 Conclusion
18:49 Credits

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