Nonnegative color spectrum analysis filters from principal component analysis characteristic spectra

Nonnegative color analysis filters are obtained by using an invertible linear transformation of characteristic spectra, which are orthogonal vectors from a principal component analysis (PCA) of a representative ensemble of color spectra. These filters maintain the optimal compression properties of the PCA scheme. Linearly constrained nonlinear programming is used to find a transformation that minimizes the noise sensitivity of the filter set. The method is illustrated by computing analysis and synthesis filters for an ensemble of measured Munsell color spectra.