CIEDE2000 Perceptual Color Difference

Honeydiff now uses CIEDE2000 for color difference calculations instead of YIQ. CIEDE2000 models how humans actually perceive color differences – your eyes are more sensitive to some colors than others, and CIEDE2000 accounts for that. The result: fewer false positives from colors that look identical but differ in RGB values, and better detection of changes that actually matter.

What’s new

  • ✓ Perceptual color difference that matches human vision
  • ✓ Fewer false positives from anti-aliasing and sub-pixel rendering
  • ✓ Better detection of meaningful visual changes
  • ✓ Default thresholds updated for CIEDE2000 scaling
  • ✓ Shipped in Honeydiff v0.5.0 and now the default across Vizzly