Explore a rigorous, experiment‑driven approach to understanding and measuring light and color.
This book presents a new method that uses selective absorption in colored glass, graded into scales of equivalent color value, to quantify what the normal vision can perceive.
Beginning with a clear aim to define the laws of color perception through measurement, it introduces color scales, a scheme of notation, and a system of color charts. It also describes an optical apparatus and methods to separate and recombine color rays, frame color phenomena in a three‑dimensional space, and apply these ideas to practical problems in science and industry.
- Learn how the six basic color sensations are defined and measured, with a quantitative framework comparable to chemistry.
- See how standard white light is modeled and how color purity, brightness, and mixtures are analyzed.
- Discover the apparatus and procedures used to mix, compare, and chart colors with precision.
- Find practical applications illustrated by examples such as color measurement in flour and related materials.
Ideal for readers of scientific color theory, vision science, and instrumentation who want a structured, experiment‑based approach to color measurement.