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It addresses how color names are learned and interpreted, the limits of language for describing color, and how light generates and symbolizes color. The book further explores spatial geometry, color fields, and psychological aspects of seeing, then connects color concepts to cultural meaning and color theory, culminating in systems for mixture and scales.","This document is out of print and the writing is beyond copyright, or it is being reproduced with the permission of the authors and publishers. This version reflects the general appearance of the original, though modern computer-based type has been substituted with the consequence that within-page spacing is slightly altered. Pagination has been respected so that citations will remain correct. This electronic version of the work is copyrighted. You may reproduce and distribute it, but only for free and only with this notice intact. Related material is available at our web site.  \n©Fred Collopy 2004.  \nTHE VISUAL NATURE OF COLOR  \nInto the same rivers we stepandwedo not step; weare and weare not.  \nHeraclitus  \nTHE VISUAL NATURE OF COLOR  \nPATRICIA SLOANE  \nDESIGN PRESS  \nACKNOWLEDGMENTS  \nResearch for this book was partially supported by a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenktelm Memorial Foundation, and the New York City Technical College of The City University of New York.  \nFor their suggestions and encouragement, I would like to thank Robert Motherwell, Rudolph Arnhelm, David Ecker, Jerome Hausman, Robert Ginsberg, Pamela Dohner, Linda Venator, Kurt Wildermuth, and Nancy Green.  \nFirst Edition, First Printing  \nCopyright © 1989 by Patricia Sloane Printed in the United States of America Designed by Gilda Hannah  \nReproduction or publication of the content in any manner, without express permission of the publisher, is prohibited. The publisher takes no responsibility for the use of any of the materials or methods described in this book, or for the products thereof.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Sloane, Patricia.  \nThe visual nature of color.  \nBibliography: p.  \nIncludes Index.  \n1. Color in art. 2. Color (Philosophy) 3. ColorPsychological aspects. I. Title.  \nND1488.555 1989 701'.8 88-33624  \nISBN 0-8036-5500-X  \nDesign Press offers posters and The Cropper, a device for cropping artwork, for sale. For information, contact Mailorder Department. Design Press books are available at special discounts for bulk purchases for sales promotions, fundraisers, or premiums. For details contact Special Sales Manager. Questions regarding the content of the book should be addressed to: DESIGN PRESS Division of TAB BOOKS Inc. 10 East 21st Street New York, NY 10010  \nContents  \nPreface vii  \nPART ONE: COLOR AND LANGUAGE  \n1. Learning to Use Color Names 3  \n2. Color as a Continuum 11  \n3. Understanding Color Names 17  \n4. The Limits of Language and the Logic of Color 26  \n5. Knowing How to Identify Color 3 7  \nPART TWO: COLOR AND LIGHT  \n6. Light of Day, Dark of Night 47  \n7. Light and Dark in Perspective 55  \n8. Newton 64  \n9. The Cause of Color and Light 73  \n10. Red-Violet, Blue, Brown, and Optical Mixture 79  \n11. Achromatic Colors and Mirrors 88  \n12. Color Causes Light 97  \n13. Light as Symbol and Visual Metaphor I 106  \n14. Light as Symbol and Visual Metaphor II 114  \n15. Nonvisual Seeing and the Metameric Grays 126  \nPART THREE: COLOR AND FORM  \n16. The Two-Dimensional World 135  \n17. Delusion and the Geometry of Visual Space 143  \n18. Extension in the Visual Field 157  \n19. Complernentarity in the Visual Field 167  \n20. Color Fields and Colored Forms 175  \nPART FOUR: COLOR AND CULTURE  \n21. Hue, Color, and Culture 187  \n22. Prime Minister Gladstone and the Blues 193  \n23. Bassa, Shona, and Ibo 201  \n24. Tristimulus Theory and Metamerism 213  \n25. Color and Form in Art 224  \n26. Subjectivity and the Number of Colors 230  \n27. Object or Attribute 237  \n28. Conveying Information about Color 251  \n29. On Ambiguity in Color Names 262  \nPART FIVE: COLOR THEORY  \n30. Systematizers and Systems 2 71  \n31. The Logarithmic Gray Scale 281  \n32. Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Colors 293  \n33. Complementary Colors 301  \n34. Color Mixture 313  \n35. Additive/Subtractive Theory 323  \nNotes 329  \nBibliography 332  \nPreface  \nColor and vision are inseparable. 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