EN 61966-2-4:2006

Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management - Part 2-4: Colour management - Extended-gamut YCC colour space for video applications - xvYCC

is applicable to the encoding and communication of YCC colours used in video systems and similar applications by defining encoding transformations for use in defined reference capturing conditions. If actual conditions differ from the reference conditions, additional rendering transformations may be required. Such additional rendering transformations are beyond the scope of this standard. The contents of the corrigendum of November 2006 have been included in this copy.

Multimediasysteme und -geräte – Farbmessung und Farbmanagement - Teil 2-4: Farbmanagement - Erweiterter YCC-Farbraum für Videoanwendungen - xvYCC

Mesure et gestion de la couleur dans les systèmes et appareils multimedia - Partie 2-4: Gestion de la couleur - Extension de gamme de l'espace chromatique YCC pour applications vidéo - xvYCC

La CEI 61966-2-4:2006 est applicable au codage et à la communication des couleurs YCC utilisées dans des systèmes vidéo et applications analogues en définissant les transformations de codage utilisées dans des conditions de capture définies. Si les conditions réelles diffèrent des conditions de référence, les transformations de rendu complémentaires peuvent être nécessaires. De telles transformations de rendu complémentaires se situent au delà du domaine d'application de cette norme. La présente version bilingue (2013-02) correspond à la version anglaise monolingue publiée en 2006-01.

Večpredstavnostni sistemi in oprema - Meritve in upravljanje barv - 2-4. del: Upravljanje barv - Razširjena lestvica v YCC barvnem prostoru za video aplikacije - xvYCC (IEC 61966-2-4:2006)

Ta del standarda IEC 61966 se uporablja za kodiranje in komunikacijo barv YCC, ki se uporabljajo v video sistemih in podobnih aplikacijah z določanjem kodirnih pretvorb za uporabo v opredeljenih referenčnih pogojih. Če se dejanski pogoji razlikujejo od referenčnih pogojev, so morda potrebne dodatne upodobitvene pretvorbe. Takšne dodatne upodobitvene pretvorbe so zunaj področja uporabe tega standarda.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 14-Sep-2006
• Withdrawal Date: 31-Aug-2009
• ICS: 33.160.40 - Video systems
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 100X - Audio, video and multimedia systems and equipment and related sub-systems
• Drafting Committee: IEC/TC 100 - IEC_TC_100
• Parallel Committee: IEC/TC 100 - IEC_TC_100
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 15-Sep-2006
• Completion Date: 15-Sep-2006
• Ref Project: SIST EN 61966-2-4:2007 - Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management -- Part 2-4: Colour management - Extended-gamut YCC colour space for video applications - xvYCC

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• Amended By: EN 61966-2-4:2006/A1:2016 - Multimedia systems and equipment - Colour measurement and management - Part 2-4: Colour management - Extended-gamut YCC colour space for video applications - xvYCC
• Effective Date: 10-Mar-2015

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EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 61966-2-4
NORME EUROPÉENNE
September 2006
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 33.160.40
English version
Multimedia systems and equipment -
Colour measurement and management
Part 2-4: Colour management -
Extended-gamut YCC colour space for video applications -
xvYCC
(IEC 61966-2-4:2006)
Mesure et gestion de la couleur  Multimediasysteme und -geräte -
dans les systèmes et appareils multimedia Farbmessung und Farbmanagement
Partie 2-4 : Gestion de la couleur - Teil 2-4: Farbmanagement -
Extension de gamme de l'espace Erweiterter YCC-Farbraum
chromatique YCC pour für Videoanwendungen -
applications vidéo - xvYCC
xvYCC (IEC 61966-2-4:2006)
(CEI 61966-2-4:2006)
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Ref. No. EN 61966-2-4:2006 E
Foreword
The text of the International Standard IEC 61966-2-4:2006, prepared by IEC TC 100, Audio, video and
multimedia systems and equipment, was submitted to the formal vote and was approved by CENELEC as
EN 61966-2-4 on 2006-09-01 without any modification.
The following dates were fixed:
– latest date by which the EN has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement (dop) 2007-06-01
– latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with the EN have to be withdrawn (dow) 2009-09-01
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Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 61966-2-4:2006 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards indicated:
IEC 61966-2-1 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 61966-2-1:2000 + A1:2003 (not modified).
+ A1
IEC 61966-2-2 NOTE  Harmonized as EN 61966-2-2:2003 (not modified).
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Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced
document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE Where an international publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod), the relevant EN/HD
applies.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
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IEC 60050-845 1987 International Electrotechnical Vocabulary -

(IEV)
Chapter 845: Lighting
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ITU-R 1995 Studio encoding parameters of digital -

Recommendation television for standard 4:3 and
BT.601-5 wide-screen 16:9 aspect ratios
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ITU-R 2002 Parameter values for the HDTV standards -

Recommendation for production and international
BT.709-5 programme exchange
INTERNATIONAL IEC
STANDARD 61966-2-4
First edition
2006-01
Multimedia systems and equipment –
Colour measurement and management –
Part 2-4:
Colour management –
Extended-gamut YCC colour space
for video applications – xvYCC

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.3
INTRODUCTION.5

1 Scope.6
2 Normative references .6
3 Terms and definitions.6
4 Colorimetric parameters and related characteristics .7
4.1 Primary colours and reference white.7
4.2 Opto-electronic transfer characteristics .7
4.3 YCC (luma-chroma-chroma) encoding methods.8
4.4 Digital quantization methods .8
5 Encoding transformations .9
5.1 Introduction .9
5.2 Transformation from xvYCC values to CIE 1931 XYZ values .9
5.3 Transformation from CIE 1931 XYZ values to xvYCC values .11

Annex A (informative) Compression of specular components of Y’ signals .13
Annex B (informative) Default transformation from 16-bit scRGB values to xvYCC values.14
Annex C (informative) xvYCC/ITU-R BT.709 and sYCC/sRGB compatibility .16

Bibliography.18

Figure A.1 – Example of the specular compression method .13
Figure C.1 – Relationship between ITU-R BT.709 and sRGB .16
Figure C.2 – Relationship between xvYCC and sYCC .17

Table 1 – CIE chromaticities for reference primary colours and reference white.7

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Part 2-4: Colour management –
Extended-gamut YCC colour space
for video applications – xvYCC

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International Standard IEC 61966-2-4 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 100:
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CDV Report on voting
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This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.

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IEC 61966 consists of the following parts, under the general title Multimedia systems and
equipment – Colour measurement and management:
Part 2-1: Colour management – Default RGB colour space – sRGB
Part 2-2: Colour management – Extended RGB colour space – scRGB
Part 2-4: Colour management – Extended-gamut YCC colour space for video applications –
xvYCC
Part 2-5: Colour management – Optional RGB colour space – opRGB (under consideration)
Part 3: Equipment using cathode ray tubes
Part 4: Equipment using liquid crystal display panels
Part 5: Equipment using plasma display panels
Part 6: Front projection displays
Part 7-1: Colour printers – Reflective prints – RGB inputs
Part 7-2: Colour printers – Reflective prints – CMYK inputs (proposed work item)
Part 8: Multimedia colour scanners
Part 9: Digital cameras
Part 10: Quality assessment (proposed work item)
Part 11: Quality assessment – Impaired video in network systems (proposed work item)

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the data related to the specific publication. At this date, the publication will be
• reconfirmed;
• withdrawn;
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
A bilingual version of this publication may be issued at a later date.

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INTRODUCTION
After the publication of IEC 61966-2-1, Amendment 1, the sYCC colour encoding was used to
capture, store and print extended colour gamut for still image applications. Users received
pleasant benefit by exchanging and reproducing wide-gamut colour images.
Recently, various kinds of displays that are capable of producing a wider gamut of colour than
the conventional CRT-based displays are emerging. However, most of the current video
contents that are displayed on conventional displays, are rendered for the sRGB-gamut.
Users of wide-gamut displays could benefit from wide-gamut colour images by video colour
encoding that supports a larger colour gamut.
This standard defines the “extended-gamut YCC colour space for video applications”. It is
based on the current implementation of YCC colour encoding that is used in the video industry
(namely ITU-R BT.709-5) and extends its definition to the wider gamut of colour range.
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