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Comparative List of Color Terms
A Report of the Inter-Society Color Council. Published, January, 1949, by the Inter-Society Color Council, Box 155, Benjamin Franklin Station, Washington 4, D. C. Paper Bound. S1/^ by 11 inches. 94 pages. Price, $1.00 to members and delegates of the ISCC; $2.00 to nonmembers.
This pamphlet is not intended as a final report on definitions; instead, it is meant to provide the basis for a thorough study of the subject among the member bodies of the Council and lead to a revision of this list that will provide official definitions upon which all can agree.
Certain terminology, as applied to color, has taken on meanings peculiar to the art and science to which it is applied. Such meanings are, in some cases, not the same among various societies and have led to misunderstandings. This glossary lists the use of such terms and indicates to which group the meanings and definitions apply. Terms and phrases are listed alphabetically, followed by the definition, with references.
This report is well written and is edited by well-qualified people in eac|j field of color. It should be helpful to anyone working in the color field.
JOHN L. FORREST
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Binghamton, N. Y.
Physical Aspects of Colour, by P. J. Bouma
Published (1948) by N. V. Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Distributed by Elsevier Publishing Company, Inc., 215 Fourth Ave., New York 3, N. Y. 263 pages + 12 pages + 13 pages tables and symbols + 19-page bibliography + 4-page index. 113 illustrations, 6x/4 X 91 A inches. Price, $5.50.
Dr. Bouma's introduction to the physics and the measurement of color is a worth-while addition to our literature. In a book of some 300 pages, including a lengthy bibliography and competent index, the writer traces the subject of color from its fundamentals to its present position of international importance. The steps, the techniques, and their importance are clearly stated. This is followed by a regrettably brief mention of the relation of these subjects to the various fields of application.
Dr. Bouma is at his best when he is discussing the historical background of the various controversies with which the subject has been burdened. Perhaps because of the lack of a clear-cut theoretical basis, the subject of color has been much given to hearsay, whim, and casual discourse. All these are taken in the
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