Preface
volume 1 of \AZimuth\, North-Holland, (1998)DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1387-6783(98)80001-9
Abstract
Publisher Summary This chapter reveals the purpose of the book, “Color for Science, Art, and Technology.” It highlights the content of every chapter of the book. The aim is to avoid excess technicalities, yet some topics would be meaningless without them. Some chapters, such as those on color measurement, color perception, and color reproduction, require some mathematical details in view of the astonishing complexities involved. Others, such as those on the causes of color, colorants, and color preservation, need to be grounded in the chemistry and physics involved. To produce absolute uniformity and consistency in any such multi-author work might be desirable, but would have required unreasonable effort and ultimately would be of little value.