The CIE Board of Administration has proposed a new Division to study procedures and prepare guides and standards for the optical, visual and metrological aspects of the communication, processing, and reproduction of images, using all types of analogue and digital imaging devices, storage media and imaging media. While current practice enables adequate color communication within single industries, such as publishing or television, it was felt that more effort was needed to make the data produced within these industries readily useable in other areas. The CIE is the most appropriate body in which to do this since illumination, vision and measurement are all topics within its scope and are all essential components in specifying and controlling the digital reproduction of color images.