Summary: Visualizing multi-band images
- The spectral information stored in the separate bands can be integrated by combining
them into a color composite. Many combinations of bands are possible. The
spectral information is combined by displaying each individual band in one of the
three primary colors: red, green and blue.
- In a False Color Composite (FCC), the red color is assigned to the near-infrared
band, the green color to the red visible band and the blue color to the green visible
band.
- In a Pseudo Natural Color Composite, the output resembles natural colors.: water is
displayed in blue, (bare) soil as red and vegetation as green.
- In ILWIS, there are two ways in which you can display or create a color composite:
interactive by showing a Map List as Color Composite and permanent by using
the Color Composite operation.