Does “Color Science” even matter?

just Tony wrote:

Opinion piece, nothing more:

The Carnot Cycle was a product of Science. Steam locomotives were mostly the product of Engineering, and in the most beloved examples, with the collaboration of Art as well.

I have an impression that the so-called "Canon colors" and Fuji film emulations, etc. were implemented by Color Engineers who worked towards goals set by whom I would call Color Artists, or perhaps Art Directors. Color Engineers create practical applications and useful systems in hardware, firmware and software that are founded on the base knowledge that was developed by pioneering Color Scientists.

Out of those three job categories I suspect that the most prevalent of them at any given camera company are Engineers. I also think that quite a lot of this thread is about the Art of Color, and not very much about the expansion of the frontiers of fundamental knowledge per se.

I consider myself to be a Color Technician who has motivations and ambitions toward Color Art.

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