Pioneers of Color Science

Renzo Shamey is a professor of color science and technology and leads the Color Science and Imaging Laboratory at North Carolina State University. He is a Fellow of the Society of Dyers and Colourists, NC State University Faculty Scholar, an honorary professor at Tianjin Polytechnic University (China), a member of the Board of Directors of Inter-Society Color Council, and AATCC and has served as chair of the AATCC color measurement test methods committee, co/chair of CIE technical committees, and as director of the Polymer and Color Chemistry program at NCSU and received several national and international awards. Rolf Kuehni was born and educated in Switzerland and trained as a textile chemist at the Textilingenieurschule in Germany. In 1965 Kuehni joined Verona Dyestuffs as Manager of Development and Color Physics and advanced to Vice President, Marketing/Textile Products for Bayer Corp. and later Dystar Corp. from which he retired in 2001. In 2002 he joined North Carolina State University as an invited Adjunct Professor in color science. From 1987-89 Kuehni was the editor of the journal Color Research and Application. He is the author and co-author of six books on color and many peer-reviewed scientific and technical papers and encyclopaedia articles on color science and technology. He is the recipient of the Armin J. Brunig Award in 1986 from the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology, the Godlove Award in 2003 from the Inter-Society Color Council (ISCC), the Olney Medal in 2005 from the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists, and the Nickerson Award from ISCC in 2015.

Dedication.- Preface.- Acknowledging Contributions.- About the Authors.- Chapter I-The Classical Greek Period & Beyond.- Chapter II- 8-13th C, The Islamic Golden Age.- Chapter III- 13-15 C: Middle Ages & The Renaissance.- Chapter IV-The Scientific Revolution Period.- Chapter V- 19th Century to Present Day: The Industrial and Modern World.

"Pioneers of Color Science offers an informative sourcebook not only for general research but also for educators wanting to augment their lectures and courses with brief biographical an background information. While developments in color science to about 1900 are well documented, both here and elsewhere, its chronology proves particularly useful for tracking developments since then. ... this first edition will deservedly find its way into academic reference libraries and establishes a commendable basis for future revisions and expansions." (Roy Osborne, Color Research and Application, Vol. 46 (4), August, 2021)