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Shows applications of colour chemistry to textiles and fashion and also to the filmless camera. A chemist analyses old paintings as an aid to conservation and another developes water-borne gloss paint for...
The wings of butterflies display a striking colourful and varied array of patterns, but surprisingly few genetic changes are needed to produce this diversity. Dr John Turner of the University of Leeds shows...
Part 1: The nature of glass, how it is made and shaped into a vast range of designs - from primitive beads to rococo Venetian glass. The way the first crude glass was formed and how this same underlying...
Explains why good measurement is important to the manufacturing industry. Dorma Fabrics, a manufacturer of co-ordinated bed linens, is a company which has collaborated closely with the Department of Trade...
Looks at theories of colour perception. The tradition theory holds that humans see colour because there are cones in the eye which analyse the red, green and blue components of objects. Dr Edwin Land, who...
Looks at how a particular combination of visible wavelengths reaching the eye is interpreted as a particular colour. Trichromacy is shown to be the basis of colour vision from Young’s overlapping colour...
Shows the important role of dyes and pigments in everyday life. Looks at the scientific basis of additive and substractive colour. Uses a simple pictorial approach based on quantum theory to demonstrate how...
Discusses the ‘four colour map’ problem, outlining its development and examining some of its complexity. Uses animation to look at the contributions of Alfred Kempe and Heawood and ends with Professor...
The early drawings and oil paintings of Georges Seurat (1859-1891) explored the qualities of materials and light. From his studies of colour and perception he developed his theory of divisionism and the...
Illustrates a number of ways in which colour assists plants and animals to survive.*
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