Color: an introduction to practice and principles

✍ Scribed by Rolf G. Kuehni

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 292
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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

✦ Table of Contents

Title page......Page 5
Copyright page......Page 6
Contents......Page 9
Preface......Page 11
1: Sources of Color......Page 13
Light......Page 16
Incandescence......Page 18
Blackbody Radiation......Page 19
Luminescence......Page 21
Absorption, Reflection, Scattering, and Transmission......Page 23
Refraction......Page 25
Interference......Page 28
Diffraction......Page 29
Molecular Orbitals......Page 30
Crystal-Field Colors......Page 31
Electrical Conductors and Semiconductors......Page 32
References......Page 33
2: What Is Color and How Did We Come to Experience It?......Page 35
Genetics, Epigenetics, and the Connectome......Page 42
What is Color?......Page 43
References......Page 48
3: From Light to Color......Page 49
Rods and Cones......Page 54
Color Opponency......Page 58
References......Page 60
4: Color Perception Phenomena......Page 63
Light as Illuminator......Page 64
Unrelated and Related Colors......Page 66
Lightness and Related Effects......Page 68
Lightness Crispening Effect......Page 70
Hue......Page 71
Bezold–Brücke and Abney Effects......Page 73
Chroma......Page 74
Additive and Subtractive Stimulus Mixture: Complementary Colors......Page 76
Adaptation......Page 78
Color Constancy......Page 81
Metamerism......Page 83
Simultaneous and Successive Contrast: Afterimages......Page 85
Spreading and Edge Effects: Mach Bands......Page 87
Volume Colors, Transparency, and Translucency......Page 88
References......Page 89
5: Orderly Arrangements of Color......Page 91
Ordering of Color Percepts......Page 94
Levels of Color Order......Page 98
Kinds of Color Order......Page 100
Uniform Difference Unit Contours in Euclidean Color Space......Page 101
Impact of Crispening Effect on Color Difference Perception......Page 102
Color Space and Color Solid......Page 103
Kinds of Color Solids......Page 104
Color Solid Sampling with Equal or Varied Intervals of Stimulus......Page 105
Swedish Natural Colour System (NCS)......Page 107
Munsell Color System......Page 108
Optical Society of America Uniform Color Scales (OSA-UCS)......Page 112
Other Color-Order Systems......Page 117
Color Stimulus Solids......Page 119
Color Naming......Page 121
References......Page 122
6: Defining the Color Stimulus......Page 125
Matching Stimuli......Page 129
The CIE Colorimetric System......Page 133
The CIE Chromaticity Diagram......Page 136
Optimal Object Color (Stimulus) Solid......Page 138
References......Page 141
7: Calculating Color......Page 143
Modeling Global Color Space......Page 146
Small Color Differences......Page 154
References......Page 161
8: Colorants and Their Mixture......Page 163
Dyes......Page 164
Pigments......Page 168
Colorimetric Properties of Colorants......Page 171
Colorant Mixtures......Page 172
Fluorescent Colorants......Page 175
Metallic, Pearlescent, and Interference Flakes......Page 177
References......Page 178
9: Color Reproduction......Page 179
Basic Processes in Color Reproduction......Page 182
Color Television and Other Displays......Page 187
Graphic Printing......Page 188
Dyeing and Printing of Textiles and Paper, Coloring with Pigments and Paints, and other Coloration Techniques......Page 191
Color Management......Page 192
Colorant Formulation and Color Control......Page 194
References......Page 198
10: The Web of Color......Page 199
Greek Ideas on Color......Page 201
Medieval and Renaissance Thought on Color......Page 204
The Revolution of the Prism......Page 208
Physics and Psychology......Page 214
Color Order in the Twentieth Century......Page 219
Color Technology and Color Science......Page 221
Color in Language......Page 223
References......Page 225
11: Color (Theory) in Art......Page 231
The Renaissance......Page 239
From the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth Centuries......Page 242
Twentieth Century......Page 249
Optical and Psychological Effects in Painting......Page 250
References......Page 252
12: Harmony of Colors......Page 255
Color in Fashion......Page 258
Color and Music......Page 259
Complementary Colors......Page 261
Complex Rules of Harmony......Page 262
References......Page 267
Appendix: Timetable of Color in Science and Art......Page 269
Glossary......Page 273
Credits......Page 285
Index......Page 287