The secret language of color : science, nature, history, culture, beauty of red, orange, yellow, green, blue & violet / Joann Eckstut and Arielle Eckstut.

The secret language of color : science, nature, history, culture, beauty of red, orange, yellow, green, blue & violet / Joann Eckstut and Arielle Eckstut.

By
Eckstut, Joann.

Publication Date
2013

Publication Information
New York : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers,

Physical Description
240 p. : col. ill.

Subject Term
Color.

Additional Contributors
Eckstut, Arielle.

Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary
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..

Language
English

ISBN
9781579129491
 
9781603763523


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Carmanville (GCE)Adult NFicAdult Non-Fiction535.6 EC5Checked In
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