The Chemical History of Color - Orna, Mary Virginia; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013)
Introduction: Colors, Natural and Synthetic, in the Ancient World -- Discovery of the Physics of Color -- The Chemical Causes of Color -- Colorant Usage from Antiquity to the Perkin Era -- Beyond Perkin -- Major Analytical Techniques Based on Color: Volumetric Analysis; Chromatography; Spectroscopy; Color Measurement -- Color on the Biological and Biochemical Front -- Finale: Color in Foods, Photochemistry, Photoluminescence, Pharmaceuticals, Fireworks, Fun and the Future.
Keywords: Inorganic chemistry; Physics; Lasers; Photonics; Inorganic Chemistry; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics; Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices