| Re: D65 vs. C Since D65 is the target white point for virually everything video, and is the reference point in all of the currectly used standards for video, it seems to me that using any other reference is creating a context that will do more to confuse things than clarify.
The wiki is correct, but the context and application need to be considered. What is difficult about artificially producing D65 is that it represents a specific mix of spectra of primaries and it is a specific coordinate for the colorimetry of white, as we apply it in video. Some other industries are satisfied to approach a color temperature which is ambiguous by comparison. We don't shoot for 6504K, the approximate CCT for D65, we try to produce the exact colorimetry coordinate. You can get to 6504K with lots of combinations of R, G, & B. When you talk about D65, only one is relevant. "It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it."
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