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The Science of Color focuses on the principles and observations that are foundations of modern color science. Written for a general scientific audience, the book broadly covers essential topics in the interdisciplinary field of color, drawing from physics, physiology and psychology. This book comprises eight chapters and begins by tracing scientific thinking about color since the seventeenth century. This historical perspective provides an introduction to the fundamental questions in color science, by following advances as well as misconceptions over more than 300 years. The next chapters then discuss the relationship between light, the retinal image, and photoreceptors, followed by a focus on concepts such as color matching and color discrimination; color appearance and color difference specification; the physiology of color vision; the 15 mechanisms of the physics and chemistry of color; and digital color reproduction. Each chapter begins with a short outline that summarizes the organization and breadth of its material. The outlines are valuable guides to chapter structure, and worth scanning even by readers who may not care to go through a chapter from start to finish. This book will be of interest to scientists, artists, manufacturers, and students.

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• Preface(p. vii)
• Contributors(p. ix)
• 1. The Origins of Modern Color Science(p. 1)
• 1.1 Newton(p. 2)
• 1.2 The trichromacy of color mixture(p. 4)
• 1.3 Interference colors(p. 14)
• 1.4 The ultra-violet, the infra-red, and the spectral sensitivity of the eye(p. 16)
• 1.5 Color constancy, color contrast and color harmony(p. 19)
• 1.6 Color deficiency(p. 22)
• 1.7 The golden age (1850-1931)(p. 26)
• 1.8 Nerves and sensations(p. 35)
• Further reading(p. 36)
• References(p. 36)
• 2. Light, the Retinal Image, and Photoreceptors(p. 41)
• 2.1 Introduction(p. 42)
• 2.2 The light stimulus(p. 42)
• 2.3 Sources of light loss in the eye(p. 46)
• 2.4 Sources of blur in the retinal image(p. 52)
• 2.5 Photoreceptor optics(p. 61)
• 2.6 Photoreceptor topography and sampling(p. 71)
• 2.7 Summary(p. 85)
• 2.8 Appendix A: Quantifying the light stimulus(p. 87)
• 2.9 Appendix B: Generalized pupil function and image formation(p. 96)
• Acknowledgments(p. 97)
• References(p. 97)
• 3. Color Matching and Color Discrimination(p. 103)
• 3.1 Introduction(p. 104)
• 3.2 Color mixture(p. 104)
• 3.3 Chromatic detection(p. 124)
• 3.4 Chromatic discrimination(p. 132)
• 3.5 Congenital color defect(p. 138)
• Acknowledgments(p. 142)
• Notes(p. 142)
• References(p. 142)
• 4. Color Appearance(p. 149)
• 4.1 Introduction(p. 150)
• 4.2 Unrelated colors(p. 152)
• 4.3 Related colors(p. 162)
• 4.4 Color constancy(p. 175)
• Notes(p. 187)
• References(p. 187)
• 5. Color Appearance and Color Difference Specification(p. 191)
• 5.1 Introduction(p. 192)
• 5.2 Color order systems(p. 192)
• 5.3 Color difference systems(p. 202)
• 5.4 Current directions in color specification(p. 206)
• Acknowledgments(p. 213)
• Notes(p. 213)
• References(p. 213)
• 6. The Physiology of Color Vision(p. 217)
• 6.1 Introduction(p. 218)
• 6.2 Photoreceptors(p. 227)
• 6.3 Intermediate retinal neurons(p. 230)
• 6.4 Ganglion cells and LGN cells(p. 231)
• 6.5 Cortex(p. 236)
• Acknowledgments(p. 242)
• Notes(p. 242)
• References(p. 242)
• 7. The Physics and Chemistry of Color: the 15 Mechanisms(p. 247)
• 7.1 Overview: 15 causes of color(p. 248)
• 7.2 Introduction to the physics and chemistry of color(p. 248)
• 7.3 Mechanism 1: Color from incandescence(p. 250)
• 7.4 Mechanism 2: Color from gas excitation(p. 252)
• 7.5 Mechanism 3: Color from vibrations and rotations(p. 253)
• 7.6 Mechanisms 4 and 5: Color from ligand field effects(p. 254)
• 7.7 Mechanism 6: Color from molecular orbitals(p. 257)
• 7.8 Mechanism 7: Color from charge transfer(p. 259)
• 7.9 Mechanism 8: Metallic colors from band theory(p. 261)
• 7.10 Mechanism 9: Color in semiconductors(p. 262)
• 7.11 Mechanism 10: Color from impurities in semiconductors(p. 265)
• 7.12 Mechanism 11: Color from color centers(p. 266)
• 7.13 Mechanism 12: Color from dispersion(p. 269)
• 7.14 Mechanism 13: Color from scattering(p. 272)
• 7.15 Mechanism 14: Color from interference without diffraction(p. 274)
• 7.16 Mechanism 15: Color from diffraction(p. 276)
• Further reading(p. 279)
• References(p. 279)
• 8. Digital Color Reproduction(p. 281)
• 8.1 Introduction and overview(p. 282)
• 8.2 Imaging as a communications channel(p. 282)
• 8.3 Image capture(p. 285)
• 8.4 Electronic image displays(p. 294)
• 8.5 Printing(p. 304)
• 8.6 Key words(p. 314)
• 8.7 Conclusions(p. 314)
• Acknowledgments(p. 314)
• References(p. 314)
• Author index(p. 317)
• Subject index(p. 325)

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CHOICE Review

This book, written for both professionals and a general scientific audience in the interdisciplinary field of color studies, begins with a historical sketch of scientific thinking about color since the 17th century and addresses topics that range from the physics, chemistry, and physiology of color to color matching, color discrimination, and color appearance, and ends with a chapter on digital color reproduction. The first edition of this book was published in 1953 and through its eight printings has remained the standard in the field. The 11 authors who contributed to this new edition have reviewed and strengthened the substantive content to reflect recent findings and thinking on those principles essential for the understanding of color. The book is well organized with good illustrations, clear graphic presentations of technical material, and helpful chapter summaries. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. Graduate students through professionals. R. M. Davis Albion College

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Steven K. Shevell: Departments of Psychology and Ophthalmology & Visual Science University of Chicago