Color: An Introduction to Practice and Principles

Preface ix 1. Sources of Color 1 2. What Is Color and How Did We Come to Experience It? 23 3. From Light to Color 37 4. Color Perception Phenomena 51 5. Orderly Arrangements of Color 79 6. Defining the Color Stimulus 113 7. Calculating Color 131 8. Colorants and Their Mixture 151 9. Color Reproduction 167 10. The Web of Color 187 11. Color (Theory) in Art 219 12. Harmony of Colors 243 Appendix: Timetable of Color in Science and Art 257 Glossary 261 Credits 273 Index 275