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These days, we take for granted that our computer screens―and even our phones―will show us images in vibrant full color. Digital color is a fundamental part of how we use our devices, but we never give a thought to how it is produced or how it came about.
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Carolyn L. Kane is a postdoctoral fellow at Brown University and assistant professor of visual communications at Ryerson University in Toronto.
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- PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 022600273X
- ISBN 13 9780226002736
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages328
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