Color in nature / Justin Marshall, Anya Hurlbert, Jane Boddy, Thomas Cronin, Ron Douglas, Sönke Johnsen, Fabio Cortesi

Author: Marshall, Justin (Professor of neuroscience and marine biology)
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2024.
Copyright Date: ©2024
Physical Description: 288 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Additional Creators: Hurlbert, Anya, Boddy, Jane, Cronin, Thomas W., 1945-, Douglas, Ron (Professor of optometry and visual sciences), Johnsen, Sönke, and Cortesi, Fabio

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Contents

Introduction. The broader spectrum -- Animals and color -- Humans and color -- Color meaning for humans -- What is color? How color begins -- The colors of water, rocks, and plants -- How do living things make color? -- Chlorophyll in leaves and plants -- Structural color -- Fluorescence -- How animals see color. The anatomy of eyes -- The origins of photoreception -- The building blocks of color vision -- Color vision variety -- Human color vision: from cones to concepts -- Birds, bees, and the colorblind octopus -- Another way to see color -- Colors in the brain -- Hidden color. Ultraviolet sensitivity -- Sex and the fluorescent feather -- Sensitivity beyond red -- Bioluminescence -- The evolution of colors. What is visual ecology? -- Finding vegetarian food -- Color and sex -- The fighting functions of color -- Camouflage -- Colors on the reef -- Color in human life -- Color preference -- Why do girls like pink? -- Color naming -- Color as a trend -- Fashion -- Architecture and interiors -- Color in art -- Painting color and light -- Synesthesia -- Butterflies, beetles, birds, and bio-inspiration -- Color constancy and color photography -- Climate change and a bleached world.

Summary

An illustrated guide to color in the natural world, this book reveals how creatures see color and sheds light on the part that color plays in animal behavior, from reproduction and communication to aggression and defense.

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ISBN

9780691258614 (hardback)
0691258619 (hardback)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-279) and index.

Endowment Note

Huber-Noble Library Fund

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