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Colors of the World: A Geography of Color

Colors of the World: A Geography of Color Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/col.20250 A Field Guide to Digital Color, by Maureen Stone. A K Peters Ltd, Natick, MA, 326 pp., softcover, $48.00. ISBN 1-56881-161-6 In my opinion, Ms. Stone has divided her book into several logical sections. The first three chapters lay the foundation of color vision, appearance, and numerical representation of color. Chapter 2 nicely illustrates some of the common “color illusions,” such as afterimages, simultaneous contrast, Bezold Effect, and adaptation. Although there are some equations throughout the book, Ms. Stone does not rely on them heavily to convey her information, but rather as an adjunct to it. The reader does not have to dwell on them to grasp the concepts. Chapter 4 is a break in the rhythm of the book. Its title “Color in Nature” is what I initially thought the book was about when I first saw the full color floral images on the cover and chapter dividers, and the words “Field Guide” in the title glossed over the important word “Digital.” After having covered the rather dry but necessary concepts of wavelength, rods, cones, tristimulus values, color spaces, RGB, gamma, etc., Ms. Stone reminds us in this chapter http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Color Research & Application Wiley

Colors of the World: A Geography of Color

Color Research & Application , Volume 31 (5) – Oct 1, 2006

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10.1002/col.20250
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Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/col.20250 A Field Guide to Digital Color, by Maureen Stone. A K Peters Ltd, Natick, MA, 326 pp., softcover, $48.00. ISBN 1-56881-161-6 In my opinion, Ms. Stone has divided her book into several logical sections. The first three chapters lay the foundation of color vision, appearance, and numerical representation of color. Chapter 2 nicely illustrates some of the common “color illusions,” such as afterimages, simultaneous contrast, Bezold Effect, and adaptation. Although there are some equations throughout the book, Ms. Stone does not rely on them heavily to convey her information, but rather as an adjunct to it. The reader does not have to dwell on them to grasp the concepts. Chapter 4 is a break in the rhythm of the book. Its title “Color in Nature” is what I initially thought the book was about when I first saw the full color floral images on the cover and chapter dividers, and the words “Field Guide” in the title glossed over the important word “Digital.” After having covered the rather dry but necessary concepts of wavelength, rods, cones, tristimulus values, color spaces, RGB, gamma, etc., Ms. Stone reminds us in this chapter

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