lab2uint16 - Convert L*a*b* data to uint16

Syntax

lab16 = lab2uint16(lab)

Description

lab16 = lab2uint16(lab) converts an M-by-3 or M-by-N-by-3 array of color values to uint16. lab16 has the same size as lab.

The Image Processing Toolbox software follows the convention that double-precision arrays contain 1976 CIE values. arrays that are uint8 or uint16 follow the convention in the ICC profile specification (ICC.1:2001-4, www.color.org) for representing values as unsigned 8-bit or 16-bit integers. The ICC encoding convention is illustrated by these tables.

Value (L*)

uint8 Value

uint16 Value

0.0

0

0

100.0

255

65280

100.0 + (25500/65280)

None

65535

Value (a* or b*)

uint8 Value

uint16 Value

-128.0

0

0

0.0

128

32768

127.0

255

65280

127.0 + (255/256)

None

65535

Class Support

lab can be a uint8, uint16, or double array that must be real and nonsparse. lab16 is of class uint16.

Examples

Convert full intensity neutral color (white) from double to uint16.

lab2uint16(100 0 0)
ans =

    65280 32768 32768

See Also

applycform, lab2double, lab2uint8, makecform, whitepoint, xyz2double, xyz2uint16

For a full list of the toolbox color space conversion functions, see Color Space Conversions.

  


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