Colour
Colour
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Although we experience colour all the time, do we really understand colour? Three hundred years ago Isaac Newton showed that white light is composed of all the colours of the spectrum yet does this provide us with insight into our own personal experience of colour sensation? To answer such questions on the nature of colour this volume gathers the combined knowledge of physics, biology, history and art. It provides an exciting exploration of colour, from the diverse perspectives of experts in eight different fields of study. Their essays take us on a journey both through the sciences and the world of fine art, and they combine to give a full and rewarding view of colour.
- Contains fine colour illustrations especially of paintings and the natural world
- Accessible to the non-specialist
- Essay and cover by Bridget Riley, one of Britain's most celebrated contemporary painters
Reviews & endorsements
'Colour: Art and Science tells the story of colour wonderfully well. I cannot recommend this beautifully produced and eclectic book too highly.' Michael J. Morgan, Nature
'Because the detailed questions were well selected it provides a very diverse range of knowledge about colour in a readable and well-presented form.' Journal of Experimental Physiology
Product details
- Published: April 1995
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9780521496452
- Length: 237 pages
- Dimensions: 255 × 180 × 20 mm
- Weight: 0.744kg
- Contains: 33 b/w illus. 42 colour illus.
- Availability: Unavailable - out of print June 1998
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. The history of colour in art David Bomford
- 2. Colour for the painter Bridget Riley
- 3. Light and colour Malcolm Longair
- 4. Colour mechanisms of the eye Denis Baylor
- 5. Seeing colour John Mollon
- 6. Colour in nature Peter Parkes
- 7. Colour and culture John Gage
- 8. Colour in language John Lyons.
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