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Author:   Kyoko Hidaka
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2024
Weight:   0.412kg
ISBN:  

9783031476891

ISBN 10:   3031476891
Pages:   193
Publication Date:   25 January 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1:     Introduction1.1 My Father and the Okinawan Fish 1.2 Colorful Cakes in New York 1.3 The Color of the Sun in Weather Forecasts 1.4 What is 'Color'? 1.5 On Categorization 1.6 Why Did Van Gogh's Color Palette Change? 1.7 Color Vision of Japanese Macaques 1.8 Wishes for This Book Part I: Categorizing Colors Chapter 2:     Categorizing the Rainbow 2.1 Fluctuating Number of Colors in a Rainbow 2.2 Newton's Rainbow Color Discovery through Musical Comparison 2.3 Natural Fine Categorization: The Fraunhofer Line 2.4 The Rainbow Flag   Chapter 3:     Categorizing Colors by Name 3.1 Basic Color Terms: Their Universality and Evolution 3.2 Boundaries of Color Charts 3.3 Color Charts and Lighting 3.4 Categorizing in Detail 3.5 Putting it Together Broadly 3.6 Increasing and Decreasing 3.7 Evolution and Eugenics 3.8 Basic Color Terms (BCTs) and Traditional Color Names Matter for Gender?   Chapter 4:     Categorizing Colors by Criteria 4.1 Primary Colors 4.2 Pure Colors 4.3 Ranking 4.4 Attributes 4.5 Color Wheels and Color Spaces 4.6 Color Standards and Foods   Chapter 5:     Categorizing Colors by Environment and Senses 5.1 Temperature 5.2 Humidity 5.3 Domestic Animals 5.4 Festivals and Everyday Life 5.5 Gender 5.6 Synesthetes Part II: Categorizing Things 'by' Color Chapter 6:     Categorizing Food by Color 6.1 Package 1: Milk in the USA and Japan 6.2 Package 2: American and Japanese Confectionery 6.2.1 Candy 6.2.2 Chocolate 6.2.3 Gum 6.2.4 Limited Period/Region 6.2.5 Blue Food Coloring and Packaging 6.3 Later Stories 6.4 Food Groups Colors   Chapter 7:     Categorizing Identities by Color 7.1 Crests 7.2 Collar Insignia of the Japanese Military 7.3 Ranks 7.4 Sumptuary Laws 7.5 Landscape Laws   Chapter 8:     Categorizing People by Color 8.1 Races 8.2 Yellow on Nazi Concentration Camp Badges 8.3 White, Black and Red 8.3.1 Black and White 8.3.2 Redlining 8.3.3 #BlackLivesMatter 8.3.4 Silence is Violence 8.4 Stereotypes in Film: White Saviors and Magical Negroes   Chapter 9:     Conclusion—A Past that Ranks Colors and Refuses to Mix and a Colorful Future References Index

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Kyoko Hidaka, Ph.D. specializes in researching color order systems and color charts, specifically exploring their use in classifying things and communication. She received her Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Fine Arts at Tokyo University of the Arts in Japan. She has translated scholarly books in Japanese: A Color Notation (2009), On Designing (2016) and Basic Color Terms: Their Universality and Evolution (2016).

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