Abstract

Colorimetry and diffraction theory are combined to determine the color characteristics of whitelight Fraunhofer diffraction patterns. The weighted-ordinate method of colorimetry is applied to determine chromaticity information about single-slit, circular-aperture, and double-slit diffraction patterns.

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