The secret language of color : science, nature, history, culture, beauty of red, orange, yellow, green, blue & violet / Joann Eckstut and Arielle Eckstut.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Black Dog and LeventhalPublishers, Inc., c2013Description: 240 pages : col. ill. ; 26 cmISBN: 9781579129491 (hbk.)Subject(s): Color -- Popular worksDDC classification: 535.6 LOC classification: QC495.3 | .E25 2013Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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General Circulation | APU Library Open Shelf APIIT | Book | QC495.3 .E25 2013 c.1 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00038346 |
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.
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