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Recent years have seen tremendous strides in the fields of vision, visual ecology, and our own multilayered experience of colour in life and the world. These advances have been driven by astonishing discoveries in neuroscience and evolutionary biology as well as psychology and design. This beautifully illustrated book unlocks nature's colourful purpose, revealing how creatures see it as well as shedding light on the important part that colour plays in animal behaviour, from reproduction and communication to aggression and defence. Color in Nature also places the human experience and uses of colour in the context of all the colours around us, both in the natural world and in the world that we humans create for our own pleasure and purpose. A wide-ranging survey of a vibrant and compelling topic, Color in Nature will open your eyes to new ways of perceiving the world around you.
Justin Marshall is a professor emeritus of neuroscience and marine biology at the University of Queensland. Anya Hurlbert is a professor of visual neuroscience at Newcastle University. Jane Boddy is a colour trend forecaster based in London, and is a creative contributor to the Pantone Color Institute. Thomas Cronin is a professor of biological sciences at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Ron Douglas is an emeritus professor in the Department of Optometry and Visual Sciences at City, University of London. University. Sönke Johnsen is a professor of biology at Duke University. Fabio Cortesi is a research fellow and group leader in the School of the Environment at the University of Queensland.
"It's an eminently fascinating book covering an eminently fascinating topic which has relevance to every aspect of life on Earth. I will be referring to it often, and I will cherish its wisdom. I suspect you will too."
– David Gascoigne, Travels with Birds
