Colour: Why the World Isn't Grey - Couverture souple

Rossotti, Hazel

 
9780691023861: Colour: Why the World Isn't Grey
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0691023867 ISBN 13 : 9780691023861
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 1985

Synopsis

Why do pebbles look brighter when wet? Is there a "right" order in which to arrange a set of colored crayons? Are blue rooms really "cold"? Why do some clothes change color when ironed? What are the colors you see when you press your eyes? To answer these and other questions, Hazel Rossotti uses scientific basics--matter, energy, and eye structure--to discuss the colors of the natural world, the mechanism of color vision, and a range of color technology from ceramics to television. She includes a fascinating discussion of the uses of color, both "prosaic" (as for camouflage, signaling, and symbolism) and "poetic" (for conveying mood in art and language). Dealing with subjects from refraction to rainbows, chlorophyll to color blindness, this book will appeal both to the general reader and to the scientist.

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Éditeur
Princeton University Press
Date d'édition
1985
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0691023867
ISBN 13 
9780691023861
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
242
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780691083698: Colour: Why the World Isn't Grey

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  069108369X ISBN 13 :  9780691083698
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 1985
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