MAP-UA 205 - Natural Science I: Exploration of Light and Color

Institution:

New York University

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Description:

Color science is an interdisciplinary endeavor that incorporates both the physics and perception of light and color. This introduction to color and the related topics of light and optics includes their applications to photography, art, natural phenomena, and technology. Topics include how color is described and measured (colorimetry); how light is produced; how atoms and molecules affect light; how the human retina detects light; and how lenses are used in cameras, telescopes, and microscopes. Our investigation necessarily touches on aspects such as the anatomy of the eye and aspects of human vision that influence how we see color. Laboratory projects include additive and subtractive color mixing, pinhole photography, cow-eye dissection, colorimetric measurements, and color-classification schemes.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nyu.edu

Phone Number:

(212) 998-1212

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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