This question is from the computational side of things. Maybe some of you computational photography folks can help me out.
If I have a normalized CIE XYZ tristimulus vector like this one:
(x, y, z) = (0.2, 0.7, 0.1)
and I follow the sRGB derivation process as on wikipedia, w3's spec, or right here on photo.SE, I get the following value for the pre-gamma corrected r
:
r = 3.2406 * x - 1.5372 * y - 0.4986 * z
= 3.2406 * 0.2 - 1.5372 * 0.7 - 0.4986 * 0.1
= -0.47778
Since this value is less than 0.0031308, scale it by 12.92 to get the final gamma-corrected R value:
R = 12.92 * r
= 12.92 * -0.47778
= -6.173
Now, wikipedia states the following about this final gamma-corrected value, and the corresponding G and B values not shown here
These gamma-corrected values are in the range 0 to 1. If values in the range 0 to 255 are required, e.g. for video display or 8-bit graphics, the usual technique is to multiply by 255 and round to an integer.
-6.173 is definitely not within the range 0 to 1. Am I doing something wrong? If not, what should I do with such a value?