Color : a multidisciplinary approach
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Color : a multidisciplinary approach
Verlag Helvetica Chimica Acta , Wiley-VCH, c1999
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The intention of this text is to assist those interested in the potential interplay of various aspects of colour. It describes facts, experiments, examples and observations, and gives an interpretation to lead to an understanding or to the recognition that there are colour phenomena.
Table of Contents
Preface Contents INTRODUCTION What do we Mean by Color? Historical Survey PHYSICS OF LIGHT AND COLOR The Nature (Theory) of Light Color by Refraction: Newton's Experiments Color of the Rainbow Peacock's Colors, a Phenomenon of Interference How Many Causes of Color do we Know? CHEMISTRY OF COLOR History of Colorants Inorganic Pigments Organic Colorants Correlations between Chemical Structure and Color of Chemical Compounds COLORIMETRY Color Measurements Color - Harmony or Contrasts? HOW DO WE SEE COLORS Perception and Cognition of Color Anatomy of the Human Eye Photochemistry of the Retina What does the Eye tell the Brain? Psychophysical Investigations on Color Vision Color Vision of Animals HOW DO WE NAME COLORS? From Color Chemistry to Color Linguistics The Phenomenon (Prodigy) of Human Language Categorization of the Color Space by Color Naming Color and Phonological Universals Cultural Influence on Color Naming COLOR IN ART AND IN OTHER CULTURAL ACTIVITIES Color in European Art from Antiquity to Gothic From Renaissance to Neo-Impressionism Art in the 20th Century Color in the Art of Non-European Culture: The Case of Japan Color in Psychology Goethe's 'Farbenlehre' Sound-Color Synesthesia Epilogue Acknowledgements Author Index Subject Index.
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