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.

anatomy
brain
color vision
evolution
optics
physiology
retina

• Sense of Color and Its Body

• Color as Form and Destiny

• Colors and Form

• Painting, Color and Imaging

• Color and Its System

• Colors: Movement and Passion

• Color of Color

• Color and Color

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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
978-94-015-3941-8
Published: 08 July 2012

eBook ISBN
978-94-007-0870-9
Published: 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