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# Limited Use License – March 1, 2025
# This source code is provided for public use under the following conditions :
# It may be downloaded, compiled, and executed, including in publicly accessible environments.
# Modification is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of the author.
# © Michel Leonard 2025
defmodule Color do
# The classic CIE ΔE2000 implementation, which operates on two L*a*b* colors, and returns their difference.
# "l" ranges from 0 to 100, while "a" and "b" are unbounded and commonly clamped to the range of -128 to 127.
def ciede_2000(l_1, a_1, b_1, l_2, a_2, b_2)
when is_float(l_1) and is_float(a_1) and is_float(b_1) and is_float(l_2) and is_float(a_2) and is_float(b_2) do
# Working in Elixir with the CIEDE2000 color-difference formula.
# k_l, k_c, k_h are parametric factors to be adjusted according to
# different viewing parameters such as textures, backgrounds...
{k_l, k_c, k_h, m_pi} = {1.0, 1.0, 1.0, :math.pi()}
n = (:math.sqrt(a_1 * a_1 + b_1 * b_1) + :math.sqrt(a_2 * a_2 + b_2 * b_2)) * 0.5
n = n * n * n * n * n * n * n
# A factor involving chroma raised to the power of 7 designed to make
# the influence of chroma on the total color difference more accurate.
n = 1.0 + 0.5 * (1.0 - :math.sqrt(n / (n + 6103515625.0)))
# Application of the chroma correction factor.
c_1 = :math.sqrt(a_1 * a_1 * n * n + b_1 * b_1)
c_2 = :math.sqrt(a_2 * a_2 * n * n + b_2 * b_2)
# atan2 is preferred over atan because it accurately computes the angle of
# a point (x, y) in all quadrants, handling the signs of both coordinates.
h_1 = :math.atan2(b_1, a_1 * n)
h_2 = :math.atan2(b_2, a_2 * n)
h_1 = if h_1 < 0.0, do: h_1 + 2.0 * m_pi, else: h_1
h_2 = if h_2 < 0.0, do: h_2 + 2.0 * m_pi, else: h_2
n = abs(h_2 - h_1)
# Cross-implementation consistent rounding.
n = if m_pi - 1.0E-14 < n and n < m_pi + 1.0E-14, do: m_pi, else: n
# When the hue angles lie in different quadrants, the straightforward
# average can produce a mean that incorrectly suggests a hue angle in
# the wrong quadrant, the next lines handle this issue.
h_m = (h_1 + h_2) * 0.5
h_d = (h_2 - h_1) * 0.5
h_d = if m_pi < n, do: h_d + m_pi, else: h_d
# 📜 Sharma’s formulation doesn’t use the next line, but the one after it,
# and these two variants differ by ±0.0003 on the final color differences.
h_m = if m_pi < n, do: h_m + m_pi, else: h_m
# h_m = if m_pi < n, do: (if h_m < m_pi, do: h_m + m_pi, else: h_m - m_pi), else: h_m
p = 36.0 * h_m - 55.0 * m_pi
n = (c_1 + c_2) * 0.5
n = n * n * n * n * n * n * n
# The hue rotation correction term is designed to account for the
# non-linear behavior of hue differences in the blue region.
r_t = -2.0 * :math.sqrt(n / (n + 6103515625.0)) *
:math.sin(m_pi / 3.0 * :math.exp(p * p / (-25.0 * m_pi * m_pi)))
n = (l_1 + l_2) * 0.5
n = (n - 50.0) * (n - 50.0)
# Lightness.
l = (l_2 - l_1) / (k_l * (1.0 + 0.015 * n / :math.sqrt(20.0 + n)))
# These coefficients adjust the impact of different harmonic
# components on the hue difference calculation.
t = 1.0 + 0.24 * :math.sin(2.0 * h_m + m_pi / 2.0) +
0.32 * :math.sin(3.0 * h_m + 8.0 * m_pi / 15.0) -
0.17 * :math.sin(h_m + m_pi / 3.0) -
0.20 * :math.sin(4.0 * h_m + 3.0 * m_pi / 20.0)
n = c_1 + c_2
# Hue.
h = 2.0 * :math.sqrt(c_1 * c_2) * :math.sin(h_d) / (k_h * (1.0 + 0.0075 * n * t))
# Chroma.
c = (c_2 - c_1) / (k_c * (1.0 + 0.0225 * n))
# Returning the square root ensures that dE00 accurately reflects the
# geometric distance in color space, which can range from 0 to around 185.
:math.sqrt(l * l + h * h + c * c + c * h * r_t)
end
end
# GitHub Project : https://github.com/michel-leonard/ciede2000-color-matching
# Online Tests : https://michel-leonard.github.io/ciede2000-color-matching
# L1 = 97.9 a1 = 46.3 b1 = -2.0
# L2 = 97.4 a2 = 51.8 b2 = 2.5
# CIE ΔE00 = 2.8632937682 (Bruce Lindbloom, Netflix’s VMAF, ...)
# CIE ΔE00 = 2.8633068115 (Gaurav Sharma, OpenJDK, ...)
# Deviation between implementations ≈ 1.3e-5
# See the source code comments for easy switching between these two widely used ΔE*00 implementation variants.
#################################################
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############ ############
############ CIEDE2000 Driver ############
############ ############
#################################################
#################################################
# Reads a CSV file specified as the first command-line argument. For each line, this program
# in Elixir displays the original line with the computed Delta E 2000 color difference appended.
# The C driver can offer CSV files to process and programmatically check the calculations performed there.
# Example of a CSV input line : 76,104,16,61.1,63.4,-14
# Corresponding output line : 76,104,16,61.1,63.4,-14,18.224270545478794801208024562134
case System.argv() do
[filename | _rest] ->
File.stream!(filename) |> Enum.each(fn line ->
line = String.trim_trailing(line)
with [l1, a1, b1, l2, a2, b2] <- String.split(line, ",") \
|> Enum.map(fn n -> Float.parse(n) |> elem(0) end) do
dE = Color.ciede_2000(l1, a1, b1, l2, a2, b2)
IO.puts("#{line},#{dE}")
end
end)
[] ->
IO.puts("Please provide the path to the CSV file containing the 6-column L*a*b* colors so that their CIEDE2000 can be calculated.")
System.halt(1)
end