Overview
- Offers a comprehensive introduction in to the various theories of colour
- Reviews ancient philosophies about light and mirrors
- Explains modern colour theories by modern philosophers from Isaac Newton to digital picture formats
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This book offers a comprehensive introduction in to the various theories of colour and how they developed over the centuries and millennia.
As colour is the perception of light by our brains, the book captures not only the physical phenomena but also psychological and philosophical aspects of colours. It starts with ancient studies of Greek philosophers and their insights into light and mirrors, then reviews the theory of colors in the middle ages in Europe and Middle East. The last big part of the book explains the theories of colours by modern scientists and philosophers, starting with Isaac Newton and ending colour schemes of modern digital pictures.Similar content being viewed by others
Keywords
- Alcmaeon of Croton
- Parmenides
- Protagoras
- Democritus
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Johannes Kepler
- Rene Descartes
- Isaac Newton
- Christiaan Huygens
- George Palmer
- Goethe
- Thomas Young
- Augustin-Jean Fresnel
- Arthur Schopenhauer
- Johannes Müller
- William Hamilton
- Hermann Günter Grassmann
- Hermann von Helmholtz
- Ewald Hering
- Gottlob Frege
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Book Title: A Brief History of Colour Theory
Book Subtitle: Foundations of Colour Science
Authors: George Pavlidis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87771-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-87770-5Published: 06 January 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-87773-6Published: 07 January 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-87771-2Published: 05 January 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 140
Number of Illustrations: 115 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of Science, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Classical Electrodynamics, Philosophy of Science