Colour Science for Python
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`Colour <https://github.com/colour-science/colour>`_ is a `Python <https://www.python.org/>`_ colour science package implementing a comprehensive number of colour theory transformations and algorithms.

It is open source and freely available and under the `New BSD License <http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause>`_ terms.

Features
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`Colour <https://github.com/colour-science/colour>`_ features a rich dataset and collection of objects, please see the `highlights <http://colour-science.org/features.php>`_ page for more information.

Installation
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The installation procedure is described in the `Installation Guide <http://colour-science.org/installation.php>`_.

Usage
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The two main references for `Colour <https://github.com/colour-science/colour>`_ usage are the complete sphinx :doc:`API Reference <api>` and the `IPython Notebooks <http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/colour-science/colour-ipython/blob/master/notebooks/colour.ipynb>`_ with detailed historical and theoretical context and images:

-   :doc:`API Reference <api>`
-   `IPython Notebooks <http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/colour-science/colour-ipython/blob/master/notebooks/colour.ipynb>`_

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Contributing
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If you would like to contribute to `Colour <https://github.com/colour-science/colour>`_, please refer to the following `contributing <http://colour-science.org/contributing.php>`_ guide.

Changes
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The changes are viewable on the `releases <https://github.com/colour-science/colour/releases>`_ page.

About
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| **Colour** by Colour Developers - 2013 - 2014
| Copyright © 2013 - 2014 – Colour Developers – `colour-science@googlegroups.com <colour-science@googlegroups.com>`_
| This software is released under terms of New BSD License: http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
| `http://github.com/colour-science/colour <http://github.com/colour-science/colour>`_
