Color: A Survey in Words and Pictures, from Ancient Mysticism to Modern Science |
Contents
Part Two IMPACT ON SCIENCE AND CULTURE | 56 |
The Early Quandaries of Science | 66 |
The Modern Conceptions of Science | 75 |
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alchemy ancient animal appear Aristotle art of color aura Avicenna beauty birds blood blue and violet blue light blue-green body brain brightness brown century color blind color circle color theory color therapy color vision dark disease divine earth effects Egyptian eidetic eidetic imagery eidetic images elements emotional energy ephod evil Ewald Hering experience fish flag flowers fovea Goethe gold gray Greek green and blue harmony heraldry hues human eye illumination infra-red Kabbalah kasina luminous man's ment mental mind modern Museum mysteries mystic nature ness Newton optic orange painting palette person physical pigments pink plants prefer primary produced pure hues purple radiation rainbow rays reaction red light retina scarlet seen sensation sense Sephiroth shades significance skin spectrum spirit stones substance sunlight synesthesia theory things tints tion tones ultra-violet visible light visual waves wore writes wrote yellow yellow-green