CONTENTS
Preface ix
Introduction Karin Fridell Anter, Ulf Klarén 1
HUMAN-COLOUR-LIGHT-ENVIRONMENT 7
1. Physical Measurement and Human Standards Ulf Klarén 11
2. The Effect of Colour and Light – Behaviours and Reactions Thorbjörn Laike 31
3. From Burning Flames to the Light-emitting Diodes of the 2010s – light and lighting from a cultural-historical perspective Jan Garnert 47
TO DESCRIBE COLOUR AND LIGHT 63
4. To Conceive the Concepts Karin Fridell Anter 67
5. Lighting Technology: Concepts and measurement methods Leif Berggren & Karin Fridell Anter 83
6. Visual Spatial Analysis Ulf Klarén 95
7. NCS and Other Colour Systems Karin Fridell Anter 101
LIGHT SOURCES AND COLOUR MATERIALS 109
8. Daylight, Windows, and Window Glass Barbara Szybinska Matusiak 113
9. Artificial Light Sources and Their Use Leif Berggren 135
10. Paint and its Use Pär Duwe 145
11. Radiation, Surface Reflection, and Colour Johanna Enger, Karin Fridell Anter 167
12. The Surfaces and Colours of Different Materials Ulf Klarén 177
LIGHT AND COLOUR IN BUILT ROOMS 183
13. Light and Colour as Support or Obstruction Helle Wijk, Cecilia Häggström 187
14. Colour, Light, and Spatial Dynamics Monica Billger, Karin Fridell Anter & Cecilia Häggström 201 About the authors 221
Thanks 223
References 225
Index 235