is an option for ColorConvert , ChromaticityPlot and other functions to specify the white point.
WhitePoint
is an option for ColorConvert , ChromaticityPlot and other functions to specify the white point.
Details
- WhitePoint , also known as the reference white, defines the white color for a specific color space.
- Typical settings include:
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Automatic automatically determine the white point to use"name" use a named white pointcol use the color col as white point
- Common named white points include:
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- The sRGB color space is defined with "D65", and the XYZ color space is usually defined with "D50".
Examples
open all close allBasic Examples (2)
Convert a white sRGB color using the default white point:
ColorConvert[RGBColor[1, 1, 1], "XYZ"]//InputFormUse a custom white point:
ColorConvert[RGBColor[1, 1, 1], "XYZ", WhitePoint -> "D65"]//InputFormShow a white point on a slice of the sRGB space:
ChromaticityPlot["sRGB", WhitePoint -> Automatic]Turn the white point off:
ChromaticityPlot["sRGB", WhitePoint -> None]Scope (4)
Color Conversion (1)
Convert from XYZ to Lab using the default white reference (D50):
ColorConvert[XYZColor[.3, .4, .5], "LAB"]//InputFormSpecify a different white:
ColorConvert[XYZColor[.3, .4, .5], "LAB", WhitePoint -> "D65"]//InputFormVisualization (3)
Show a particular white point:
ChromaticityPlot["RGB", WhitePoint -> "E"]Choose a specific color as the white point:
ChromaticityPlot["RGB", WhitePoint -> XYZColor[.9, 1, .8]]Specify a list of white points:
ChromaticityPlot["RGB", WhitePoint -> {"D50", "D65"}]Applications (1)
Compare the RGB gamut with the complete series of supported fluorescent white points:
ChromaticityPlot3D["RGB", "XYZ", WhitePoint -> ("F" <> ToString[#]&) /@ Range[12]]History
Text
Wolfram Research (2014), WhitePoint, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WhitePoint.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2014. "WhitePoint." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WhitePoint.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2014). WhitePoint. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WhitePoint.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_whitepoint, author="Wolfram Research", title="{WhitePoint}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WhitePoint.html}", note=[Accessed: 16-August-2026]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2026_whitepoint, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={WhitePoint}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/WhitePoint.html}, note=[Accessed: 16-August-2026]}