Color An Introduction
to Practice and Principles
Second Edition
by Rolf G. Kuehni

A single source for the essential scientific principles and concepts of color–now revised and updated!

Color: An Introduction to Practice and Principles provides a practical, up-to-date resource for understanding contemporary theory and applications of color.

Concise, nonmathematical, and not overly technical, this text draws together knowledge from a number of disciplines to present a comprehensive overview of color science.

Greatly revised and expanded from the previous edition, this Second Edition:

• Features new information on perception phenomena, color order, and recent technological advances
• Touches on historical, philosophical, and art-related topics
• Includes a glossary of important terms
• Offers a useful timetable of color in science and art

Ideal for color scientists, vision scientists, and industrial chemists and engineers, as well as artists and designers, Color: An Introduction to Practice and Principles is a single, accessible source for the principles, concepts, and applications of color.

Contents

1. Sources of Color.
2. What is Color and how did we come to Experience It?
3. From Light to Color.
4. Color Perception Phenomena.
5. Orderly Arrangements of Color.
6. Defining the Color Stimulus.
7. Calculating Color.
8. Colorants and Their Mixture.
9. Color Reproduction.
10. The Web of Color.
11. Color (Theory) in Art.
12. Harmony of Colors

Timetable of Color in Science and Art
Glossary
Index

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