transparency inserts for color theory studies

Date: 1970-1985

Inventory Number: 2004-1-0257

Classification: Transparencies

Subject:

optics, color theory,

Maker: Edwin H. Land (1909 - 1991)

Cultural Region:

United States,

Place of Origin:

Cambridge,

Dimensions:

each transparency: 28.2 × 20.8 × 0.1 cm (11 1/8 × 8 3/16 × 1/16 in.)

Material:

cardboard, plastic,

Description:

Sixty-four RGB transparencies, each with colored plastic or gelatin strips mounted in black cardboard. Each color has a graph with the y-axis for the percent of transmittance and the x-axis for the wavelength, in white line drawing. They all look identical, and may have been used for articles or lectures.

In Collection(s)

Polaroid and Land Collection [2]

Signedunsigned

ProvenanceThis object belonged to Edwin H. Land and came from the Rowland Institute, Harvard University. Gift of the Edwin H. Land Family.