Does IR ‘see’ in color?
No. Since an IR imager is sensing light in a different part of the spectrum from what our eyes can see, the term “color” (in the way that it is commonly used) has no meaning. All IR cameras actually image grayscale intensities, i.e., a measure of the “brightness” of the image. Some imaging systems then apply ‘false coloring’ to the image, to help the user interpret the relative ‘temperature’ of the infrared image.
