What Is Color?: 50 Questions and Answers on the Science of Color
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Book Overview
A comprehensive illustrated exploration of the fascinating science of color Arielle and Joann Eckstut, authors of The Secret Language of Color, offer a thorough, readable, and highly visual exploration of the science of color. Organized by 50 of the most essential questions about color across a variety of fields--physics, chemistry, biology, technology, and psychology--this book examines how and why we see color; how color relates to light; what the real primary colors are; how biology, language, and culture affect the colors that we see; and much more. Full of clear and elegant infographics, What Is Color? is a must-have for artists and designers, scientists, students, and decorators, and anyone else whose work or play involves color.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1419734512
ISBN13:9781419734519
Release Date:April 2020
Publisher:Harry N. Abrams
Length:144 Pages
Weight:1.24 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 7.2" x 9.1"
Customer Reviews
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Wonderful
Published by Queallaigh , 1 year ago
This book is written for general to specific information. Much like Hawking's "A Brief History in Time" makes astrophysics readable and (somewhat) understandable, this book helps make sense of color from different different aspects such as self-perception to science.
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