TITLE:
The secret language of color : science, nature, history, culture, beauty of red, orange, yellow, green, blue & violet / Joann Eckstut and Arielle Eckstut.
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Publication Date:
2013
Publication Information:
New York : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers,
Physical Description:
240 p. : col. ill.
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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
