Color and the Microcosm

Author: Jin Zengyuan
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: The book is rich in content, with novel and diverse sources, making it suitable as a textbook for elective courses in higher education institutions, a supplementary reader for structural chemistry, and a teaching reference for secondary school chemistry teachers. It can also be used by researchers in color-related fields and other socially engaged individuals interested in color. The book takes the structure of matter as its main thread, integrating knowledge from multiple disciplines. It presents numerous examples from daily life in an accessible manner, thoroughly analyzing the relationship between color and the microscopic structure of substances. The book consists of nine chapters, covering the basic theories of color, the relationship between optical phenomena such as dispersion, scattering, interference, and diffraction and the structural states of substances; the color phenomena and coloring mechanisms of various gemstones, metals, semiconductors, insulators, and organic pigments; and the application of color theory in food, cosmetics, pigments, coatings, materials, artworks, and color television.