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Color Theory and Its Application in Art and Design

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  • © 1987

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Authors:
  1. George A. Agoston

    1. Paris, France

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Part of the book series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences (SSOS, volume 19)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-4

  3. The Concept of Color

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    Pages 5-10

  4. Perceived Colors

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    Pages 11-16

  5. Light and Color

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    Pages 17-27

  6. Colored Materials

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    Pages 28-46

  7. Color Specification (CIE)

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    Pages 47-65

  8. Diverse Applications of the CIE Chromaticity Diagram

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    Pages 66-104

  9. Color Systems

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    Pages 105-141

  10. Color Systems (Continued): The OSA Uniform Color Scales

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    Pages 142-172

  11. Color Names and Notations and Their Levels of Precision

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    Pages 173-180

  12. Conditions of Viewing and the Colors Seen

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    Pages 181-209

  13. Appendix

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    Pages 210-268

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 269-287
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About this book

This book directly addresses a long-felt, unsatisfied need of modern color science - an appreciative and technically sound presentation of the principles and main offerings of colorimetry to artists and designers, written by one of them. With his unique blend of training and experience in engineering, with his lifelong interest and, latterly, career in art and art education, Dr. Agoston is unusually well prepared to convey the message of color science to art and design. His book fulfills the hopes I had when I first heard about him and his book. I foresee important and long-lasting impacts of this book, analogous to those of the epoch-making writings by earlier artist-scientists, such as Leonardo, Chevreul, Munsell, and Pope. Nearly all persons who have contributed to color science, recently as well as formerly, were attracted to the study of color by color in art. Use of objective or scientific methods did not result from any cold, detached attitude, but from the inherent difficulties of the problems concerning color and its use, by which they were intrigued. Modern education and experience has taught many people how to tackle difficult problems by use of scientific methods. Therefore - color science.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Paris, France

    George A. Agoston

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Color Theory and Its Application in Art and Design

  • Authors: George A. Agoston

  • Series Title: Springer Series in Optical Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-34734-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-17095-2Published: 10 November 1987

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-34734-7Published: 05 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0342-4111

  • Series E-ISSN: 1556-1534

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 287

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 21 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Classical Electrodynamics

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