Book description
The one-stop reference to the essentials of color science and technology—now fully updated and revised
The fully updated Third Edition of Color: An Introduction to Practice and Principles continues to provide a truly comprehensive, non-mathematical introduction to color science, complete with historical, philosophical, and art-related topics.
Geared to non-specialists and experts alike, Color clearly explains key technical concepts concerning light, human vision, and color perception phenomena. It covers color order systems in depth, examines color reproduction technologies, and reviews the history of color science as well as its relationship to art and color harmony. Revised throughout to reflect the latest developments in the field, the Third Edition:
Features many new color illustrations, now fully incorporated into the text
Offers new perspectives on what color is all about, diverging from conventional thinking
Includes new information on perception phenomena, color order, and technological advances
Updates material on such topics as the CIE colorimetric system and optimal object colors
Extends coverage of color reproduction to display systems, photography, and color management
Contains a unique timetable of color in science and art, plus a glossary of important terms
Praise for the previous editions:
"A nice bridge to areas usually not covered in academic visual science programs . . . outstanding."
—Joel Pokorny, visual scientist at The University of Chicago
"A good addition to any library, this should be useful for the color interests of artists, designers, craftsmen, philosophers, psychologists, color technologies, and students in related fields."
—CHOICE
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Sources of Color
- Chapter 2: What Is Color and How Did We Come to Experience It?
- Chapter 3: From Light to Color
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Chapter 4: Color Perception Phenomena
- LIGHT AS ILLUMINATOR
- UNRELATED AND RELATED COLORS
- LIGHTNESS AND RELATED EFFECTS
- Helmholtz–Kohlrausch Effect
- HUE
- Bezold–Brücke and Abney Effects
- CHROMA
- GRAYNESS
- ADDITIVE AND SUBTRACTIVE STIMULUS MIXTURE: COMPLEMENTARY COLORS
- ADAPTATION
- COLOR CONSTANCY
- METAMERISM
- SIMULTANEOUS AND SUCCESSIVE CONTRAST: AFTERIMAGES
- SPREADING AND EDGE EFFECTS: MACH BANDS
- VOLUME COLORS, TRANSPARENCY, AND TRANSLUCENCY
- METALLIC COLORS
- REFERENCES
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Chapter 5: Orderly Arrangements of Color
- ORDERING OF COLOR PERCEPTS
- LEVELS OF COLOR ORDER
- KINDS OF COLOR ORDER
- UNIFORM DIFFERENCE UNIT CONTOURS IN EUCLIDEAN COLOR SPACE
- IMPACT OF CRISPENING EFFECT ON COLOR DIFFERENCE PERCEPTION
- OBSERVER VARIABILITY
- COLOR SPACE AND COLOR SOLID
- SWEDISH NATURAL COLOUR SYSTEM (NCS)
- MUNSELL COLOR SYSTEM
- OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA UNIFORM COLOR SCALES (OSA-UCS)
- OTHER COLOR-ORDER SYSTEMS
- COLOR STIMULUS SOLIDS
- COLOR NAMING
- REFERENCES
- Chapter 6: Defining the Color Stimulus
- Chapter 7: Calculating Color
- Chapter 8: Colorants and Their Mixture
- Chapter 9: Color Reproduction
- Chapter 10: The Web of Color
- Chapter 11: Color (Theory) in Art
- Chapter 12: Harmony of Colors
- Appendix: Timetable of Color in Science and Art
- Glossary
- Credits
- Index
Product information
- Title: Color: An Introduction to Practice and Principles, 3rd Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2012
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9781118173848
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