Abstract
IT must have pained the early workers to find the problems of colour slip elusively over the borderline between physics and psychology whenever the measuring-rod was applied. It has taken many generations to evolve a vocabulary in which to state the problems, and to decide which of these lie properly or conveniently within the purview of physics. The Commission Internationale d'Eclairage (C.I.E.) has systematized the measurement of colour during the past twenty-five years, and Dr. P. J. Bouma's book gives a lucid account of the now established principles of the subject and shows in a masterly way how they are applied in practice.
Physical Aspects of Colour
An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Colour Stimuli and Colour Sensations. By Dr. P. J. Bouma. (Philips Technical Library.) Pp. 312. (Eindhoven : N. V. Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken ; London : Cleaver-Hume Press, Ltd. ; New York : Elsevier Publishing Co., Inc., 1948.) 30s.
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NOAKES , G. Colour Measurement and Colour Space. Nature 164, 853–854 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164853a0
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