All the colours of the rainbow

Smithson, Hannah E.; Gasper, Giles E.M.; McLeish, Tom C.B.

Abstract

Our perception of colour has always been a source of fascination, so it's little wonder that studies of the phenomenon date back hundreds of years. What, though, can modern scientists learn from medieval literature — and how do we go about it?

Citation

Smithson, H. E., Gasper, G. E., & McLeish, T. C. (2014). All the colours of the rainbow. Nature Physics, 10(8), 540-542. https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3052

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Aug 1, 2014
• Deposit Date: Jul 8, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 4, 2015
• Journal: Nature Physics
• Print ISSN: 1745-2473
• Electronic ISSN: 1745-2481
• Publisher: Nature Research
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 540-542
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3052