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Color in Nature.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marshall, Justin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Color in nature.
- Color vision.
- Colors.
- Color vision in animals.
- colors (hues or tints).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- An illustrated guide to color in the natural world, this book reveals how creatures see color and sheds light on the part that color plays in animal behavior, from reproduction and communication to aggression and defense.
- "Recent years have seen tremendous strides in the fields of vision, visual ecology, and our own multilayered experience of color in life and the world. These advances have been driven by astonishing discoveries in neuroscience and evolutionary biology as well as psychology and design. This beautifully illustrated book unlocks nature's colorful purpose, revealing how creatures see color as well as shedding light on the important part that it plays in animal behavior, from reproduction and communication to aggression and defense. Color in Nature also places the human experience and uses of color in the context of all the colors around us, both in the natural world and in the world that we humans create for our own pleasure and purpose. A wide-ranging survey of a vibrant and compelling topic, Color in Nature will open your eyes to new ways of perceiving the world. Features a wealth of stunning color illustrations. Explains what color is and how it happens. Covers the physics, genetics, chemistry, physiology, and psychology of animal color perception. Discusses colors humans don't see or rarely use. Sheds light on the evolution of colors for mating, hunting, fighting, deceiving, and hiding. Provides insights into color blindness, bio-inspired colors, and people's appreciation for art and design."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction. The broader spectrum
- Animals and color
- Humans and color
- Color meaning for humans
- What is color? How color begins
- The colors of water, rocks, and plants
- How do living things make color?
- Chlorophyll in leaves and plants
- Structural color
- Fluorescence
- How animals see color. The anatomy of eyes
- The origins of photoreception
- The building blocks of color vision
- Color vision variety
- Human color vision: from cones to concepts
- Birds, bees, and the colorblind octopus
- Another way to see color
- Colors in the brain
- Hidden color. Ultraviolet sensitivity
- Sex and the fluorescent feather
- Sensitivity beyond red
- Bioluminescence
- The evolution of colors. What is visual ecology?
- Finding vegetarian food
- Color and sex
- The fighting functions of color
- Camouflage
- Colors on the reef
- Color in human life
- Color preference
- Why do girls like pink?
- Color naming
- Color as a trend
- Fashion
- Architecture and interiors
- Color in art
- Painting color and light
- Synesthesia
- Butterflies, beetles, birds, and bio-inspiration
- Color constancy and color photography
- Climate change and a bleached world.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780691258621
- 0691258627
- OCLC:
- 1438668259
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