SOURCES OF RELEVANT COLOUR INFORMATION

Also see: On-line sources

Other Sources ofInformation

• University of Leeds
  Email: Dr Ronnier Luo
• The CIE

Journals

• Coloration technology
• Review of Progress of Coloration
• The Imaging Science Journal
• Color Research and Application

Handbook

Introducing Colour produced by the Society of Dyers and Colourists
PO Box 244, Perkins House, 82 Grattan Rd, Bradford. West Yorkshire BD1 2JB.

Filmstrips, Videos and Discs

• La Couleur - multimedia CD, supplied by Software Partners
• Pavonis series, First Facts about Colour, Colour & lllusion, Colour History. Parts 1, 2 & 3; covering from ancient symbolism to modern dyestuffs.
• Physics and Fine Art- The scientific examination of Paintings:
• The Institute of Physics and The National Gallery 1992
• Rembrandt and his Paints - unravelling a mystery. Jeroen Visser Filmproducties, Amsterdam 1993.

Libraries

• Local libraries under 535.6 and 617.759
• B.O.A. Foundation Library : 10 Knaresborough Place, London SW5
• Colour Reference Library, Royal College of Art : Kensington Gore, London SW7
• Science Reference Library, 9 Kean St, London WC2 4AT.
• Technical Library, The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN

Museums

• Museum of Colour (Society of Dyers & Colourists) : Grattan Rd., Bradford, West Yorkshire
• Education Department: The Science Museum Exhibition Rd., London SW7
• National Museum of Film and Photography (part of the Science Museum) : Bradford, West Yorkshire

Short Colour Bibliography

Science and Technology

• Philip Ball, Bright Earth: The Invention of Colour: Penguin Books 2001
• R S Berns, Billmeyer and Saltzman's Principles of Color Technology: John Wiley & Sons, 2000
• J Birch, Diagnosis of Defective Colour Vision: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001
• R.M. Boynton, Human Colour Vision: Holt Reinhart 1979
• Byrne, Alex, Hilbert, David R. (eds):Readings in Color; V 1: The Philosophy of Color. MIT Press 1997
• Byrne, Alex, Hilbert, David R. (eds):Readings in Color; V 2: The Science of Color. MIT Press 1997
• J.R. Coaton, A.M. Marsden, Lamps and Lighting, 4th Edition: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1996
• G .J. & D.G Chamberlin, Colour: its Measurement, Computation and Application : Heydon 1980.Out of print
• R.M. Evans, The Perception of Colour : John Wiley & Sons 1948. Out of print
• R. Fletcher, J. Voke, Defective Colour Vision: Adam Hilger 1985
• Giorgianni, Edward J & Madden, Thomas E (eds) Digital Color Management Encoding Solutions: Addison-Wesley 1998
• Green, Phil, Understanding Digital Color 2nd Ed.: GATF Press 1999
• Phil Green and Lindsay MacDonald (eds), Colour Engineering: Achieving Device Independent Colour, Wiley, 2002
• R.L. Gregory, The Psychology of Seeing : 3rd Edition, World University Library 1975.
• F. Grum, C.J. Bartleson, Optical Radiation Measurement: 2. Colour Measurement: Academic Press 1980. Out of print
• F. Grum, R. Becherer, Optical Radiation Measurement: 1. Radiometry. Academic Press 1981. Out of print
• H. Hartridge, Colours and How We See them: Bell 1949
• R.W.G. Hunt, Measuring Colour : Fountain Press 1998 (3rd Edition)
• R.W.G. Hunt, The Reproduction of Colour. 6th edition, Wiley, 2004
• R.S. Hunter, The Measurement of Appearance : John Wiley & Sons 1975
• R Jackson, L. MacDonald, K. Freeman, Computer Generated Color - A Practical Guide to Presentation and Display. John Wiley & Sons, 1994
• D.B. Judd, G. Wyszecki, Colour In Business, Science and Industry : John Wiley & Sons 1979. Out of print
• T. Lamb, J. Bourriau (Eds), Colour Art & Science (The 1993 Darwin Lectures): Cambridge University Press, 1995
• K. McLaren, The Colour Science of Dyes and Pigments : 2nd Edition, 1986
• J. McDonald, Colour Physics for Industry: Society of Dyers and Colourists, 2nd Edition 1997
• Museums Association Lighting: preprints of the 1987 MA/UKIC conference : Museums Association 1987
• Nassau, Kurt (ed), Color for Science, Art and Technology: North-Holland 1998 ISBN: 0-444-89846-8
• W.N. Sproson, Colour Science in Television and Display Systems: Adam Hilger 1985. Out of print
• D Travis, Effective Colour Displays: Academic Press 1991
• W.D. Wright The Measurement of Colour : 4th Edition Adam Hilger 1973
• W.D. Wright The Rays Are Not Coloured : Adam Hilger 1967
• G. Wyszecki, W.S. Stiles Colour Science: 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons 1982
• Zollinger, Color: A Multidisciplinary Approach: Vch Verlagsgesellschaft Mbh. 1999

Art, Design and Culture

• George Agoston Color Theory and Its Application in Art and Design: New York & Berlin, Springer Verlag (1979)
• J. Albers Interaction of Color : New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Press 1963
• Philip Ball, Bright Earth: The Invention of Colour. Penguin Books 2001
• F Birren A History of Color in Painting: Reinhold 1965
• F Birren (1963) Color: A survey in words and pictures: Secaucus, New Jersey, Citadel Press 1985
• Michel-Eugene Chevreul (1839) & Faber Birren, editor (1987), The Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colors: West Chester, Pennsylvania, Shiffer Publishing.
• Robert Cumming & Tom Porter (1991), The Colour Eye: London, BBC Books
• Robert & Sonia Delaunay & Arthur Cohen, editor (1978) A New Art of Color: New York, Viking Press
• J Gage Colour and Culture: Practice and Meaning from Antiquity to Abstraction: Thames and Hudson 1993. 0-500-27818-0
• O Garnett, Colour, A Social History: The National Trust 2000. 0-7078-0316-0
• F Gerritsen Theory and Practice of Color : Studio Vista 1975
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1810) & Deane Judd, editor (1970) Theory of Colors: Cambridge, Mass, MIT Press
• Le Grand's Theory and Use of Colour : Harry Abrams 1985
• Luigini de Grandis (1984) & John Gilbert, trans. (1986), Colour for Designers and Artists: London, Herbert Press
• M.B. Halstead & J.G. Holmes (eds) The Advancement of Colour - A History of the First 50 years of the Colour Group: The Colour Group, 1991
• D. Healey Living With Colour : MacMillan 1983
• I. Hebblewhite Artists' Materials: Phaidon 19B6
• P. Hills The Light of Early Italian Painting : Yale 1987
• W.I. Homer Seurat And The Science of Painting: MIT 1964
• Augustine Hope & Margaret Walch, editors (1989), The Colour Compendium: Color Assoc. of United States
• S.Ishihara Tests for Colour-blindness : H.K. Lewis 1977
• J Itten The Elements of Color: New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold 1970
• W. Januszczak Techniques of the World's Great Masters. Phaidon 1980
• P Klee Pedagogical Sketchbook : Faber 1953
• Lancaster, Michael Colourscape: Academy Editions 1996
• Linton, Harold Color in Architecture: McGraw-Hill 1999
• M. Luscher The Luscher Colour-Test : Cape 1970
• A. Kornerup & J.H. Wanscher : The Methuen Handbook of Colour And Colour Dictionary Methuen 1961, 1967, 1978
• A.H. Munsell The Munsell Colour Atlas: Munsell Color Corp. 1915, 1929, etc.
• R. Osborne Lights and Pigments, Colour Principles for Artists : London, John Murray 1980
• D. Pavey The Artists' Colourmen's Story : Reckitt & Colman 1984
• Pantone Pantone Matching System: Pantone 1981. etc.
• Hazel Rosotti (1983) Colour: Why the world isn't Grey: Harmondsworth, Penguin Books
• Ogden Nicholas Rood (1879) & Faber Birren, editor (1970), The Elements of Color: New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold
• Walter Sargent (1923), The Enjoyment and use of Color: Dover Publications (1964)
• C. Saxton(Ed), Art School. An Instructional Guide: Macmillan 1981
• D.T. Sharpe The Psychology of Color and Design : Nelson-Hall 1974, Adams/Shelton 1975
• Tate Gallery Paint and Painting: Tate Gallery 1982
• H. Varley(Ed) Colour: London, Mitchell Beazley 1980
• M. Walch The Colour Source Book: Thames and Hudson 1979