The Chemical History of Color

1. Introduction: Colors, Natural and Synthetic, in the Ancient World
Mary Virginia Orna

2. Discovery of the Physics of Color
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3. The Chemical Causes of Color
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4. Colorant Usage from Antiquity to the Perkin Era
Mary Virginia Orna

5. Beyond Perkin
Mary Virginia Orna

6. Major Analytical Techniques Based on Color: Volumetric Analysis; Chromatography; Spectroscopy; Color Measurement
Mary Virginia Orna

7. Color on the Biological and Biochemical Front
Mary Virginia Orna

8. Finale: Color in Foods, Photochemistry, Photoluminescence, Pharmaceuticals, Fireworks, Fun, and the Future
Mary Virginia Orna

Keywords: Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices