What Is Color?: 50 Questions and Answers on the Science of Color

What Is Color?: 50 Questions and Answers on the Science of Color

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  • Type:Epub+TxT+PDF+Mobi
  • Create Date:2021-06-21 09:54:40
  • Update Date:2025-09-06
  • Status:finish
  • Author:Arielle Eckstut
  • ISBN:1419734512
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Summary

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。
 

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Reviews

Amber

Excellent explanation of color theory。 Each question has 3 levels of answer, so my 12 yo liked it too!

Luciano Elementi

This is a clear, concise, scientifically sound, and fun to read treatise on color。I recommend reading this book for simple education, for your youngster, but make sure you understand all the hues (shades) of the subject before giving information。 Color is not trivial, not to be taken for grant。 We live in it, enjoy it, and 99。99% do not understand it at all。Reading this book, patiently reading, and digging into the factual representation in it, won't make anyone an expert, but surely clarifies a This is a clear, concise, scientifically sound, and fun to read treatise on color。I recommend reading this book for simple education, for your youngster, but make sure you understand all the hues (shades) of the subject before giving information。 Color is not trivial, not to be taken for grant。 We live in it, enjoy it, and 99。99% do not understand it at all。Reading this book, patiently reading, and digging into the factual representation in it, won't make anyone an expert, but surely clarifies an all bunch of things!Thank you to the authors for the undertaking 。。。more

Alexandra

Mind changing book。 Easy to read, but hard to wrap your mind around the fact that color doesn't exist。 Mind changing book。 Easy to read, but hard to wrap your mind around the fact that color doesn't exist。 。。。more

Adam Dudley

Enjoyed learning more about the science and philosophy of color in a fun picture book form for adults!