A spectral mixture analysis experiment was designed to compare the spectral unmixing effects of linear spectral mixture analysis (LSMA) and constraint linear spectral mixture analysis (CLSMA). In the experiment, red, green, blue and yellow colors were printed on a coarse album as four end members. Thirty nine mixed samples were made according to each end mem her＇s different percent in one pixel. Then, field spectrometer was located on the top of the mixed samples＇ center to measure spectrum one by one. Inversion percent of each end member in the pixel was extracted using LSMA and CLSMA models. Finally, normalized mean squared error was calculated between inversion and real percent to compare the two models ＇ effects on spec tral unmixing. Results from experiment showed that the total error of LSMA was 0. 300 87 and that of CLSMA was 0. 375 52 when using all bands in the spectrum. Therefore, LSMA was 0. 075 less than that of CLSMA when the whole bands of four end members＇ spectra were used. On the other hand, the total error of LSMA was 0. 280 95 and that of CLSMA was 0. 298 05 after band selection. So, LSMA was 0. 017 less than that of CLSMA when bands selection was performed. Therefore, whether all or selected bands were used, the accuracy of LSMA was better than that of CLSMA because during the process of spectrum measurement, errors caused by instrument or human were introduced into the model, leading to that the measured data could not mean the strict requirement of CLSMA and therefore reduced its accuracy. Furthermore, the total error of LSMA using selected bands was 0. 02 less than that using the whole bands. The total error of CLSMA using selected bands was 0. 077 less than that using the whole bands. So, in the same model, spectral unmixing using selected bands to reduce the correlation of end members＇ spectra was superior to that using the whole bands.