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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. Thomas Cronin is a professor of biological sciences at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Sönke Johnsen is a professor of biology at Duke University. Ron Douglas is an emeritus professor in the Department of Optometry and Visual Sciences at City, University of London. University. 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. Fabio Cortesi is a research fellow and group leader in the School of the Environment at the University of Queensland.
