Color Perception: Philosophical, Psychological, Artistic, and Computational Perspectives (Vancouver Studies in Cognitive Science) - Softcover

Davis, Steven

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195136683 ISBN 13: 9780195136685

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Color has been studied for centuries, but remains incompletely understood. Digital technology has recently sparked a burgeoning inter-disciplinary interest in color. Graphic artists prefer to create their images on computers even though colors seen on display look different when printed; galleries now digitally archive valuable work. The fundamental problem that arises is that color reproduction is not simply a matter of reproducing identical physical phenomenona, but is rather a matter of creating perceptual equivalencies. The fact that color is a quality of perception rather than a "physical quality" brings up a host of interesting questions and makes it of common interest to both artists and scholars. This volume--the ninth in the Vancouver Studies in Cognitive Science series--brings together chapters by psychologists, philosophers, computer scientists, and artists to explore the nature of human color perception with the aim to further our understanding of color by encouraging interdisciplinary interaction.

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About the Author

Steven Davis is at Simon Fraser University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195136683
• ISBN 13: 9780195136685
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256