In this brief, Mary Virginia Orna details the history of color from the chemical point of view. Beginning with the first recorded uses of color and ending in the development of our modern chemical industry, this rich, yet concise exposition shows us how color pervades every aspect of our lives. Our consciousness, our perceptions, our useful appliances and tools, our playthings, our entertainment, our health, and our diagnostic apparatus – all involve color and are based in no small part on chemistry.
Author(s): Mary Virginia Orna (auth.)
Series: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2013
Language: English
Pages: 153
Tags: Inorganic Chemistry;History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics;Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction: Colors, Natural and Synthetic, in the Ancient World....Pages 1-10
Discovery of the Physics of Color....Pages 11-28
The Chemical Causes of Color....Pages 29-46
Colorant Usage from Antiquity to the Perkin Era....Pages 47-78
Beyond Perkin....Pages 79-92
Major Analytical Techniques Based on Color: Volumetric Analysis; Chromatography; Spectroscopy; Color Measurement....Pages 93-110
Color on the Biological and Biochemical Front....Pages 111-128
Finale: Color in Foods, Photochemistry, Photoluminescence, Pharmaceuticals, Fireworks, Fun, and the Future....Pages 129-144
Back Matter....Pages 145-153
