This does not create more colors or mean displays or fabrics could have more colors or anything like that
Mental model for color space that keeps things on track is it's just like any 3D space. Here, we could say "distance space" like "color space" and two "distance spaces" are miles and kilometers, (two color spaces are RGB and $ONE_FOLLOWING_FROM_PAPER)
If we found the distance equation in distance space differed from expectations, due to interesting things about physical geometry, that wouldn't create new places.
Why? The map is not the territory. The physical space still exists as it did.
Moving from distance to color: the physical display gamut is the territory. The map is the color space.
If we discover our distance metric in the space is flawed, we'd measure distance between colors as different than before. That wouldn't create new colors in color space.
Mental model for color space that keeps things on track is it's just like any 3D space. Here, we could say "distance space" like "color space" and two "distance spaces" are miles and kilometers, (two color spaces are RGB and $ONE_FOLLOWING_FROM_PAPER)
If we found the distance equation in distance space differed from expectations, due to interesting things about physical geometry, that wouldn't create new places.
Why? The map is not the territory. The physical space still exists as it did.
Moving from distance to color: the physical display gamut is the territory. The map is the color space.
If we discover our distance metric in the space is flawed, we'd measure distance between colors as different than before. That wouldn't create new colors in color space.
Source: I create color spaces