Eckstut, Joann,
The secret language of color : science, nature, history, culture, beauty of red, orange, yellow, green, blue & violet / Joann Eckstut and Arielle Eckstut. - New York : Black Dog and LeventhalPublishers, Inc., c2013. - 240 pages : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (page [234]-235) and index.
Physics and chemistry -- Red -- Universe -- Orange -- Earth -- Yellow -- Plants -- Green -- Animals -- Blue -- Humans -- Violet.
Explores color's countless manifestations, providing insight into such phenomena as the visible spectrum, light absorption and reflection, how humans see color, how vision evolved, the sky, rainbows, colored gems, animal pigmentation, how animals use color to find mates and to protect themselves, and the use of color in human religion, ritual, design, navigation, communication, and personal identity.
9781579129491 (hbk.)
2014397031
Color--Popular works.
QC495.3 / .E25 2013
535.6
The secret language of color : science, nature, history, culture, beauty of red, orange, yellow, green, blue & violet / Joann Eckstut and Arielle Eckstut. - New York : Black Dog and LeventhalPublishers, Inc., c2013. - 240 pages : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (page [234]-235) and index.
Physics and chemistry -- Red -- Universe -- Orange -- Earth -- Yellow -- Plants -- Green -- Animals -- Blue -- Humans -- Violet.
Explores color's countless manifestations, providing insight into such phenomena as the visible spectrum, light absorption and reflection, how humans see color, how vision evolved, the sky, rainbows, colored gems, animal pigmentation, how animals use color to find mates and to protect themselves, and the use of color in human religion, ritual, design, navigation, communication, and personal identity.
9781579129491 (hbk.)
2014397031
Color--Popular works.
QC495.3 / .E25 2013
535.6