rainbowtabeller

Rainbowtabeller is a term used in color science and information design to describe a person, tool, or process that compiles and analyzes data about rainbow-like color sequences. A rainbowtabeller organizes color information into tabular form, mapping spectral components, hues, and luminance across the visible spectrum to support comparison and computation.

In practice, rainbowtabellers may be individuals who curate color datasets or software systems that generate color tables from spectral measurements. They typically rely on instruments such as spectrophotometers and on colorimetric standards to convert spectral power distributions into numerical coordinates suitable for analysis and visualization.

Output formats include tables listing wavelength in nanometers, corresponding tristimulus values, hue angle, chroma, and lightness, alongside RGB or Hex values for digital use. The work intersects with color management, color science, and data visualization, and often involves normalization, interpolation, and cross-domain mapping between color spaces.

Applications span digital imaging, printing, textile design, education, and research, where tabulated color data supports color matching, gamut mapping, dispersion studies, and demonstrations of phenomena such as metamerism. The term is descriptive and may appear in discussions about data-driven approaches to color.

As a coined or niche term, rainbowtabeller is not tied to a single formal standard. It serves to highlight the practical practice of turning the continuous spectrum of color into structured data to aid analysis, communication, and reproducibility in color-related work.