About Color is a book that features reproductions of artwork and text by Peter Coffin on the subject of color phenomena. Reproductions of artwork support specific concepts concerning the science, the culture and the psychology of color. This book answers questions for the curious and inquisitive reader ages 5 and up. Why and how do rainbows form the way they do? What is color synesthesia? Why plants are green? Why is the sky is blue? Why is honey yellow? What would sunsets on other planets look like if we could see them there? Why does color light mix differently than color paint? How do colors make us feel? About color compares our color sensing abilities to those of animals and differentiates between the nature of color and the nature of our perception of color.
About Color is a book that features reproductions of artwork and text by Peter Coffin on the subject of color phenomena. Reproductions of artwork support specific concepts concerning the science, the culture and the psychology of color. This book answers questions for the curious and inquisitive reader ages 5 and up. Why and how do rainbows form the way they do? What is color synesthesia? Why plants are green? Why is the sky is blue? Why is honey yellow? What would sunsets on other planets look like if we could see them there? Why does color light mix differently than color paint? How do colors make us feel? About color compares our color sensing abilities to those of animals and differentiates between the nature of color and the nature of our perception of color.