Rood's Modern Chromatics: A Text-Book of Colour with Applications to Art and History

Outlining the physical and psychological aspects of colour, this classic text explains the principles of colour perception and light and their application in the arts and sciences.

Ogden Rood’s Modern Chromatics was published primarily as a work of colour theory, proposing a complex scientific theory on the nature of colour, primarily focusing on the laws of colour harmony and contrast. Written in accessible language and illustrated profusely throughout, it’s a highly practical volume that ...