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Kubelka–Munk Pigment Bath

A stirred emulsion mixing pigments with two-constant Kubelka–Munk scattering — K/S inverted from masstone reflectance — across linseed oil, watercolor, and encaustic wax vehicles.

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Model

K/S = (1 − R)² / 2R; R∞ = 1 + K/S − sqrt((K/S)² + 2·K/S)

Source

  • components/optics/renderers/pigment.ts

Registry item: /r/pigment-bath.json

Citation

Kubelka, P., & Munk, F. (1931). Ein Beitrag zur Optik der Farbanstriche. Zeitschrift für technische Physik, 12, 593–601.

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