Colour

by Hazel Rossotti

Book Overview

Why do pebbles look brighter when wet? Is there a "right" order in which to arrange a set of colored crayons? Are blue rooms really "cold"? Why do some clothes change color when ironed? What are the colors you see when you press your eyes? To answer these and other questions, Hazel Rossotti uses scientific basics--matter, energy, and eye structure--to discuss the colors of the natural world, the mechanism of color vision, and a range of color technology...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691023867
• ISBN13: 9780691023861
• Release Date: July 1985
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Great book on color!!

I just bought my third copy of this book because I keep giving it away. The book is full of interesting bits of information about color. It is somewhat technical, but not too heavy.

The world of color phenomena in a little book

I discovered the first edition of this book as an undergraduate, and 10 years later I still possess the eight pages I photocopied. The writing is simple, and detailed enough to please a scientist. The line drawings are illustrate without clutter. The book is not light-weight reading, but skimps on the math so artists can read it w/o distraction.