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A History of Color

The Evolution of Theories of Light and Color

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  • © 1999

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  1. Robert A. Crone
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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-2
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  2. Color theory in the ancient world

    • Robert A. Crone
    Pages 3-16

  3. The Middle Ages

    • Robert A. Crone
    Pages 17-34

  4. The Renaissance

    • Robert A. Crone
    Pages 35-49

  5. Light, color and vision during the scientific revolution

    • Robert A. Crone
    Pages 50-76

  6. Newton

    • Robert A. Crone
    Pages 77-87

  7. From Newton to Young

    • Robert A. Crone
    Pages 88-111

  8. Classical-romantic color theory in Germany

    • Robert A. Crone
    Pages 112-125

  9. Disorders of color vision

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    Pages 126-132

  10. The mixing of colors

    • Robert A. Crone
    Pages 133-140

  11. The trichromatic theory

    • Robert A. Crone
    Pages 141-164

  12. Hering’s four-color theory Zone theories

    • Robert A. Crone
    Pages 165-174

  13. Anatomy and physiology of the visual system between 1600 and 1900

    • Robert A. Crone
    Pages 175-190

  14. The twentieth century

    • Robert A. Crone
    Pages 191-246

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 247-282
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About this book

This is the first comprehensive text on the history of color theories since Halbertsma's book of 1947. Color is discussed in close connection with the evolution of ideas of light and vision. The book has chapters on the ancient Greek ideas of vision and color; on the contributions of Arabic science; on the Scientific Revolution from Kepler to Newton; on the early history of the three-color hypothesis; on the trichromatic theory and defective color vision; and on Goethe's, Schopenhauer's and Hering's theories. New understanding of the structure and functions of the retina and the brain finally results in the modern science of color vision.
A History of Color has been written for ophthalmologists, optometrists and others who are interested in visual science and its history. The book requires no specialized knowledge.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A History of Color

  • Book Subtitle: The Evolution of Theories of Light and Color

  • Authors: Robert A. Crone

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0870-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-015-3941-8Published: 08 July 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-0870-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 292

  • Number of Illustrations: 29 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Ophthalmology, History, general

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