Abstract
THE photography of colour is a subject that has been gradually growing in importance and extent during the last few decades, so that the time has come when it may well be treated of in more detail than is possible in moderate-sized manuals of photography in general. This volume is therefore a welcome addition to photographic literature. The author deals first with light and colour, including the transmission, refraction, diffraction, interference, and absorption of light, the production of spectra and their uses, and wave motion. The reproduction of colour by interference, dispersion, and by three-colour and two-colour methods follows, with practical instructions and theoretical considerations. Processes that have only a classic or historic interest are treated of sufficiently, but the special adaptation of methods to photomechanical processes is not included. The book is well and usefully illus-trated, and has four good plates in colour.
La Photographie des couleurs.
Prof.
J.
Thovert
Par. (Encyclopédie scientifique: Bibliothèque de Photographie.) Pp. viii + 300 + 4 planches. (Paris: Gaston Doin, 1924.) 17.60 frs.
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La Photographie des couleurs. Nature 114, 379 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114379c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/114379c0