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Description for Colour
Paperback. Discusses the colors of the natural world, the mechanism of color vision, uses of color in technology, and the psychological effects of color. Series: Princeton Science Library. Num Pages: 239 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PHJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 252.
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) ... Read more
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) ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
The University Press Group Ltd United States
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Science Library
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691023861
SKU
V9780691023861
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Colour
"Color or the lack of it in the air, water, earth, fire, foods, animals and humans is discussed in Colour... The author answers such puzzling questions as: Why do pebbles look brighter when wet? What are the colors you see when you press your eyelids against your eyes? One reviewer commented that Colour 'shows an encyclopedic knowledge of the subject.'"
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