Introduction; 1. The perception of colour: How we see colours; 2. The origin of colour: Why we see colours; 3. The measurement of colour: How we measure colours; 4. Why colours change; 5. How colours change; 6. Why we measure colour; 7. Mitigating colour change; References; Appendix A; Derivation of CIE Lab and CIE LCh data; Appendix B: Derivation of the CIE 2000 colour difference (ΔE00)
Biography
David Saundersm, FSA FIIC, is Honorary Research Fellow and formerly Keeper of Conservation and Scientific Research at the British Museum. After postdoctoral research in chemistry, he began his conservation career in the Scientific Department at the National Gallery in London. He has twice been a guest scholar at the Getty Conservation Institute in Los Angeles and was also its inaugural Getty Rothschild Fellow. He has been a visiting professor at UCL and NYU. His research focuses on non-invasive analysis, the effect of the environment (particularly light) on museum objects and sustainable preventive conservation.
