🚨 COLOR SCIENCE FACT CHECK: YEDLIN vs REALITY 🚨

When a famous DP spreads technical myths, we fact-check the claims!

Here’s the verdict on 7 key arguments from Steve Yedlin’s controversial color science presentation:

❌ YEDLIN’S CLAIM:
“Colors outside Rec.709 = GARISH”
✅ REALITY CHECK:
Digital cinema = P3 🎬
Subjective bias ≠ technical truth

YEDLIN’S CLAIM:
“Rec.2020 = SDR color space”
✅ TECHNICALLY TRUE ⚠️

BT.2020 is an SDR/WCG standard.

HDR uses BT.2100, which reuses

BT.2020 primaries. 🌈  

❌ YEDLIN’S CLAIM:
“WCG only for lasers”
✅ REALITY CHECK:
≈64% real-world colors beyond Rec.709 🌺🐠🌴

❌ YEDLIN’S CLAIM:
“BT.1886 = color space”
✅ REALITY CHECK:
BT.1886 = transfer function ⚙️
(No primaries!)

❌ YEDLIN’S CLAIM:
“CIE HULL”
✅ REALITY CHECK:
Correct term = CIE 1931 xy chromaticity diagram 📊

YEDLIN’S CLAIM:
“WCG not specific to HDR”
✅ TECHNICALLY TRUE ⚠️

WCG can exist in SDR BUT

streamers exclusively deliver

WCG via HDR formats. 💻

❌ YEDLIN’S CLAIM:
“Rec.1886”
✅ REALITY CHECK:
ITU-R BT.1886 is the standard 📜
(“Rec.1886” doesn’t exist)

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Debunking the Debunker: Steve Yedlin’s Color Science Contradictions Exposed