Richard S. Hunter

Richard Sewall Hunter (1909–1991) was a pioneering American color scientist and founder of Hunter Associates Laboratory (HunterLab).[1][2] He is best known as the inventor in 1942 of the Hunter L,a,b color measurement system the precursor to the CIELAB color space.[3][4] Hunter was awarded the David Richardson Medal in 1971 by the Optical Society.[5]

  1. ^ Hunter, Richard Sewall 1942, "Photoelectric Tristimulus Colorimetry with Three Filters", National Bureau of Standards, U.S. Dept. of Commerce (Circular of the National Bureau of Standards C429, July 30, 1942)
  2. ^ "Richard Sewall Hunter (1909-1991)". Color Research & Application. 16 (3): 143–143. 1991.
  3. ^ Hunter, Richard Sewall (July 1948). "Photoelectric Color-Difference Meter". JOSA. 38 (7): 661. (Proceedings of the Winter Meeting of the Optical Society of America)
  4. ^ Hunter, Richard Sewall (December 1948). "Accuracy, Precision, and Stability of New Photo-electric Color-Difference Meter". JOSA. 38 (12): 1094. (Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America)
  5. ^ "David Richardson Medal". OSA.org. The Optical Society. 2013. Retrieved December 18, 2013.