THE SCIENCE OF COLOR
1 THE ORIGINS OF MODERN COLOR SCIENCE NEWTON THE TRICHROMACY OF COLOR MIXTURE INTERFERENCE COLORS THE ULTRA-VIOLET, THE INFRA-RED, AND THE SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY OF THE EYE COLOR CONSTANCY, COLOR CONTRAST AND COLOR HARMONY COLOR DE?CIENCY THE GOLDEN AGE (1850–1931) NERVES AND SENSATIONS FURTHER READING REFERENCES 2 LIGHT, THE RETINAL IMAGE, AND PHOTORECEPTORS INTRODUCTION THE LIGHT STIMULUS SOURCES OF LIGHT LOSS IN THE EYE SOURCES OF BLUR IN THE RETINAL IMAGE PHOTORECEPTOR OPTICS PHOTORECEPTOR TOPOGRAPHY AND SAMPLING SUMMARY APPENDIX A: QUANTIFYING THE LIGHT STIMULUS APPENDIX B: GENERALIZED PUPIL FUNCTION AND IMAGE FORMATION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 3 COLOR MATCHING AND COLOR DISCRIMINATION COLOR MIXTURE CHROMATIC DETECTION CHROMATIC DISCRIMINATION CONGENITAL COLOR DEFECT NOTES 4 COLOR APPEARANCE UNRELATED COLORS RELATED COLORS COLOR CONSTANCY 5 COLOR APPEARANCE AND COLOR DIFFERENCE SPECI?CATION COLOR ORDER SYSTEMS COLOR DIFFERENCE SYSTEMS CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN COLOR SPECI?CATION 6 THE PHYSIOLOGY OF COLOR VISION PHOTORECEPTORS INTERMEDIATE RETINAL NEURONS GANGLION CELLS AND LGN CELLS CORTEX 7 THE PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF COLOR: THE 15 MECHANISMS OVERVIEW: 15 CAUSES OF COLOR INTRODUCTION TO THE PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF COLOR MECHANISM 1: COLOR FROM INCANDESCENCE MECHANISM 2: COLOR FROM GAS EXCITATION MECHANISM 3: COLOR FROM VIBRATIONS AND ROTATIONS MECHANISMS 4 AND 5: COLOR FROM LIGAND ?ELD EFFECTS MECHANISM 6: COLOR FROM MOLECULAR ORBITALS MECHANISM 7: COLOR FROM CHARGE TRANSFER MECHANISM 8: METALLIC COLORS FROM BAND THEORY 710 MECHANISM 9: COLOR IN SEMICONDUCTORS 711 MECHANISM 10: COLOR FROM IMPURITIES IN SEMICONDUCTORS 712 MECHANISM 11: COLOR FROM COLOR CENTERS 713 MECHANISM 12: COLOR FROM DISPERSION 714 MECHANISM 13: COLOR FROM SCATTERING 715 MECHANISM 14: COLOR FROM INTERFERENCE WITHOUT DIFFRACTION 716 MECHANISM 15: COLOR FROM DIFFRACTION 8 DIGITAL COLOR REPRODUCTION