Color : an introduction to practice and principles /
Our visual perception of color is the result of a complex interaction of light, chemicals, and the visual aparatus of our eyes and brain. In this book, the scientific principles and concepts of color: the nature of light, color perception, and the measurement of color are compiled into a single refe...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, N.J. :
Wiley,
[2013]
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
| Series: | Wiley Online Library.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Our visual perception of color is the result of a complex interaction of light, chemicals, and the visual aparatus of our eyes and brain. In this book, the scientific principles and concepts of color: the nature of light, color perception, and the measurement of color are compiled into a single reference source. This book contains thorough explanations of key technical concepts concerning light, human vision, and color perception phenomena, examines color reproduction technologies and techniques, and offers a historical review of the development of color theory and art. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 280 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Sources of color -- What is color and how did we come to experience it? -- From light to color -- Color perception phenomena -- Orderly arrangements of color -- Defining the color stimulus -- Calculating color -- Colorants and their mixture -- Color reproduction -- The web of color -- Color (theory) in art -- Harmony of colors. |
| ISBN: | 1118533542 (electronic bk.) 1118533569 (electronic bk.) 9781118533543 (electronic bk.) 9781118533567 (electronic bk.) |
| DOI: | 10.1002/9781118533567 |