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 [author.]

Contributor(s):

Eckstut, Arielle [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York, N.Y. : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers : 2013Description: 240 pages : color illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781579129491

Subject(s):

Color -- Popular works

LOC classification:

QC495.3 E247S 2013

Contents:

Physics and chemistry -- Red -- Universe -- Orange -- Earth -- Yellow -- Plants -- Green -- Animals -- Blue -- Humans -- Violet.

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.

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Item type	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	BU Library and Learning Space	Books	Book Shelves	QC495.3 E247S 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	2019000001566

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physics and chemistry -- Red -- Universe -- Orange -- Earth -- Yellow -- Plants -- Green -- Animals -- Blue -- Humans -- Violet.

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.

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