Hobbs, Jack and Salome, Richard,
The Visual Experience
. 2nd ed. Worcester, MA: Davis Publications, 1995. This visual arts textbook explains color theory and color dimensions in simple terms with numerous examples of artwork.
Hurd, Silver, Bacher, and McLaughlin,
Physical Science
. 1st ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1988. This 9th grade text provides a helpful review of light. More recent editions are available, but I have multiple copies of this edition that students can borrow.
Tattersall, Bruce,
Stubbs and Wedgwood
: Unique Alliance Between Artist and Potter, with an introduction by Basil Taylor. London: Tate Gallery, 1974. This book will be especially helpful for students who want to research Stubbs, a contemporary of Wright, and his paintings on Wedgwood plaques.
Tocci, Salvatore and Viehland, Claudia,
Chemistry: Visualizing Matter
. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1998. This standard student text is excellent for diagrams and illustrations, but sometimes lacks explanatory text.
Williams, Trinklein, and Metcalfe,
Modern Physics
. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. This text contains a clearly written section on light, pp.328-333, which incorporates six additional full pages of colored plates illustrating colors, filters, prisms, emission spectra, and interference patterns.
Zakia, Richard D. and Todd, Hollis N.,
Color Primer I and II
. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Morgan & Morgan, Inc. Publishers, 1974. This small text presents color theory in easily understood language.