ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

CIE xyY

So, you know how there are many different colors in the world? And sometimes people use words like "red", "blue", and "green" to describe them? Well, sometimes we need a more exact way to talk about colors, especially when we're making things like pictures or clothes.

That's where CIE xyY comes in! It's a way to describe colors based on how much light they reflect or emit. The "CIE" part stands for the International Commission on Illumination, which is a group of experts who study light and color.

The "xyY" part stands for three things:

- xy is a way to talk about the color itself. It's like a set of coordinates on a map that tell you exactly where the color is located in color space. Kind of like latitude and longitude tell you where different places are on Earth.
- Y stands for "luminance", which is how bright the color is. It's like how loud a sound is – some colors are brighter or more intense than others.

So, when someone talks about CIE xyY, they're using a special language to describe colors in a very exact way. It's like having a secret code that only people who understand color can read!