The secret language of color :
Eckstut, Joann.
The secret language of color : science, nature, history, culture, beauty of red, orange, yellow, green, blue & violet / Color Joann Eckstut and Arielle Eckstut. - New York, NY : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, [2013] - 240 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-235) and index.
Pub Weekly, August 2013
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.
Adult Follett Library Resources
9781579129491 (trade) 1579129498
Color.
Color.
535.6
The secret language of color : science, nature, history, culture, beauty of red, orange, yellow, green, blue & violet / Color Joann Eckstut and Arielle Eckstut. - New York, NY : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, [2013] - 240 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-235) and index.
Pub Weekly, August 2013
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.
Adult Follett Library Resources
9781579129491 (trade) 1579129498
Color.
Color.
535.6