Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This book is the first complete translation of Erwin Schrodinger's work on colorimetry, of which he wrote about extensively (other versions from decades ago have appeared in partial and severely abridged form). He proposes that the geometry of color space is a projective geometry, rather than Euclidean. He also develops a dramatic conceptual shift in colorimetric methods, closely in detail and at length. Schrodinger concludes that the trichromatic (or Young-Helmholtz) theory of color and the opponent-process (or Hering) theory of color are really the same theory, or at least only trivially different. The resonance and importance of his bold concept of color space is emphasized for contemporary color theorists in this translation.
Synopsis
Historical Introduction.- Outlines of Colorimetric Theory under Photopic Conditions, Part I Outlines of Colorimetric Theory Under Photopic Conditions.- Part II A Theory of Normalized Surface Reflectance for Pigments.- On the Relation of the Trichromatic to the Opponent-Process Theory of Color.- On the Origin of Spectral Sensitivity Functions of the Eye.- On the Apparent Color of Stars, and Color Appearance Under Mesopic Conditions.- The Projective Geometry of Color Space: A Review.- Surview and Conclusions.- Glossary.- Index.
Synopsis
Presents the first complete and unabridged translation of Schr dinger's work on color theory
Provides an explanatory chapter on the novelty of Schr dinger's geometric approach to colorimetry, which is developed at length in the translations
Offers a unified and easy style for readers, and explanations of difficult or archaic terms are given in a Glossary