Color ordered : a survey of color order systems from antiquity to the present / Rolf G. Kuehni and Andreas Schwarz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kuehni, Rolf G.

Contributor:

Schwarz, Andreas.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Color vision--History.

Color vision.

Colorimetry--History.

Colorimetry.

Colors--Classification--History.

Colors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (407 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since antiquity, people have searched for a way to understand the colors we see--what they are, how many there are, and how they can be systematically identified and arranged in some kind of order. How to order colors is not merely a philosophical question, it also has many practical applications in art, design, and commerce. Our intense interest in color and its myriad practical applications have led people throughout history to develop many systems to characterize and order it. The number of color order systems developed throughout history is unknown but ranges in the hundreds. Many are no l

Contents:

Contents; 1 The Universe of Human Color Experiences; 2 Linear Systems; 3 Color Diagrams and Color Circles; 4 From Two to Three Dimensions; 5 Psychological Color Order Systems; 6 Psychophysical and Neurobiological Color Diagrams and Solids; 7 Connecting Empirical Perceptual Data with Psychophysical Scales; 8 Physical Order; 9 Technical Color Systems; 10 Miscellaneous Systems I: Psychophysical, Disk Mixture, Cube, and Colorant Mixture Systems; 11 Miscellaneous Systems II: Incomplete and Unconventional Systems; 12 Color Order Systems: Categorization, Color Mixture, and Perceptual Experience

AppendixAlphabetical and Chronological Listing of Entries; General Literature on the Subject of Color Order: A Select Bibliography; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Subject Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-804088-1

1-282-91763-3

9786612917639

OCLC:

700700177