The Origins of Modern Color Science

The Science of Color: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1-39

  Mollon, J D ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

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ERRORS; PRISMS;

COLOR SCIENCE; COLORED LIGHT; DOMAIN OF KNOWLEDGE; GLASS PRISM; SOURCE OF LIGHT; WHITE LIGHT;

COLOR;

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-044451251-2/50002-7     Document Type: Chapter

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