Credit for color science goes to the scientists, credit for artistic effects using color goes to the artists. There's plenty to go around.
Jan Koenderink's book on color measurement looks good.
Jan Koenderink's book on color measurement looks good.
However, Josef Albers went beyond his art to make false claims about color theory, how the human brain perceives color and made broad generalizations - based on anecdotal evidence and intuition. He went unchallenged for the most part. See the criticism linked in my original post.
I just checked the book "Color for the Sciences" that you had mentioned. I think I am going to purchase this one! Thanks.