Colour Perception
A practical approach to colour theory
0 906212 74 X Tim Armstrong
This unconventional introduction to the mysteries of colour vision uses spinning tops, coloured discs, spoked wheels and transparent filters to make its points. All these devices are cut from certain pages and they then neatly store back in the book to be used to accompany the text. It is intended to amuse but clear scientific explanations are given. We learn how the retina responds to the spectrum, how colour is printed and how colour illusions can be used to understand the nature of colour vision. The author is a practising artist interested in kinetics and in new ideas of vision and he explains how some artists choose colours by the rules of harmony.
£5.50
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Red & Blue Perceptions
How to create 3-D drawings and other optical tricks
1 899618 05 8 Mark Hiner
The idea of printing two overlapping images in red and blue and then viewing them through coloured spectacles is a very old one, but this book breaks new ground in a very creative way. It provides a clear and precise explanation of how to construct this type of illusion and there are special glasses to make which illustrate the principles. It shows how different information has to be presented to each eye in a carefully controlled way and how to construct the correct perspective views. While mostly thought of as a method of generating three-dimensional images, there are plenty of ideas for surprising two-dimensional illusions as well. There are suggestions on how red & blue images can be used to produce original and amusing cards.
£5.95
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The Magic Cylinder Book
Hidden pictures to colour and discover
0 906212 67 7 Ivan Moscovich
This book deals in a fascinating way with the reflections seen in a cylinder mirror. The distorted pictures, often described as 'anamorphic pictures', spring to life when seen in the magic cylinder. There is a lively collection of colourful animals and circus characters to see and plenty more to colour, all drawn by a clever method which is explained later in the book. Then it shows how to draw such pictures yourself. The cylinder itself fastens together in a cunning way and packs away flat within the book.
£2.95
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Images of Infinity
0 906212 89 8 Leapfrogs Group
This book is a collection of drawings, writings, photographs, stories, poetry and cartoons. All revolving around the problems, paradoxes and theories about the infinite and the infinitesimal - ideas that people have grappled with throughout the centuries. It is a book for people of any age who find wonderment and fascination in pursuing the simple realisation that the counting numbers follow each other without end; or in peering at the reflections and the reflections-of-reflections when two mirrors face each other.
£6.95
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