David Saunders

Colour, Colour Measurement and Colour Change

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Colour, Colour Measurement and Colour Change, the first new book in the expanded Science for Conservators series, explains the science of colour, colour measurement, and colour change for conservators in a clear and comprehensible way, elucidating the topic for those with no scientific background.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9781032501734
• ISBN-10: 1032501731
• Artikelnr.: 70974606

Autorenporträt

David Saunders FSA FIIC is Honorary Research Fellow and formerly Keeper of Conservation and Scientific Research at the British Museum. After postdoctoral research in chemistry, he began his conservation career in the Scientific Department at London's National Gallery. He has twice been a guest scholar at the Getty Conservation Institute in Los Angeles and was also its inaugural Getty Rothschild Fellow. He has been a visiting professor at UCL and NYU. His research focuses on non-invasive analysis, the effect of the environment (particularly light) on museum objects and sustainable preventive conservation.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The perception of colour (how we see colours)
2. The origin of colour (why we see colours)
3. The measurement of colour (how we measure colours)
4. Why colours change
5. How colours change
6. Why we measure colour
7. Mitigating colour change
References
Appendix A
Derivation of CIE Lab and CIE LCh data
Appendix B: Derivation of the CIE 2000 colour difference (¿E00).