This book offers a comprehensive introduction in to the various theories
of colour and how they developed over the centuries and millennia.
As colour is the perception of light by our brains, the book captures
not only the physical phenomena but also psychological and philosophical
aspects of colours. It starts with ancient studies of Greek philosophers
and their insights into light and mirrors, then reviews the theory of
colors in the middle ages in Europe and Middle East. The last big part
of the book explains the theories of colours by modern scientists and
philosophers, starting with Isaac Newton and ending colour schemes of
modern digital pictures.